The Circle (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy of manners
- Time of Work: 1919
- Setting: Dorset, England
- Genres: Drama, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Manners or customs, 1910’s, England or English people, Upper classes, Duty, Nobility
- Locales: Dorset, England
Characters Discussed
Arnold Champion-Cheney, a member of Parliament and owner of a country estate, Aston-Adey. About thirty- five years of age, he is tall and good-looking, fair complexioned with a clean-cut and sensitive face. Impeccably dressed, he is an example of the prim and proper upper-class Englishman. Although politics is his career, his primary interest appears to be collecting antique furniture. Although he loves his wife of three years, he lacks passion and has little interest in sex; he has no inkling that he stands on the verge of losing her. As a gentleman, he...
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