Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lord George Gordon Byron
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: 1809-1818
- Setting: Europe
- Principal Characters: Lord Byron, Childe Harold, Julia
- Genres: Poetry, Picaresque fiction, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Europe or Europeans, Autobiography, Poetry or poets, Antiheroes, Heroes or heroism, Romanticism, Middle Ages, Rome
- Locales: Spain, Italy, Greece, Belgium
The Story:
Childe Harold, a young English nobleman, became despondent, because the only young woman he loved would not return that love. He had long been engaged in drinking and general idleness, and was generally seen as a very unpleasant character by almost everyone, including his parents. Desperate, he decided to embark on a journey in an attempt to find happiness, or at least to give some meaning to his life.
He left England by ship, with no clear destination. As he left, he sang a mournful song, bidding farewell to his homeland, to his parents, and especially to his...
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