Characterization in the works of George William MacArthur Reynolds (1814-79) (original) (raw)

Introductory materials

• Methods of characterization in fiction

Characterization and gender matters

• The beautiful women in The Mysteries of London
• The Many Careers of Ellen Monroe
• Whittingham, Reynolds’ proto-Dickensian butler
• George Montague Greenwood, swindler, seducer, rapist, and all-around villain
• The death of a voluptuary — The Marquis of Holmesford expires on a “naked, heaving bosom”

Characterization in political themes and contexts

• “The Queen was the husband, and the Prince the wife” — Reynolds makes Queen Victoria a character in his novel
• The Condemned Man's Nightmares — Bill Bolter the night before his execution

Characterization and religion

• George W. M. Reynold’s Methodist clergyman

Victorian Web Authors G. W. M. Reynolds

Last modified 2 October 2016