Death of a Hero (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Aldington
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: World War I
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Political fiction
- Subjects: Values, Sex or sexuality, Middle classes, Individuality, England or English people, Adultery, Greed, World War I, Depression, mental, Free love
- Locales: France, London, England
Characters Discussed
George Winterbourne, a young Englishman for whom the world goes awry. After an unhappy childhood he turns to dabbling in writing, painting, and sex. Becoming an officer in World War I, he finds himself regarded as a failure by his superiors. Discouraged by opinion, as well as by the lives and characters of his father, mother, wife, and mistress, he stands erect during shelling by German guns and is killed.
Elizabeth Winterbourne, young George’s promiscuous wife. She is a would-be intellectual who as a young woman is infatuated by the idea of free...
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