The Divine Fire (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: May Sinclair
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1890’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poetry or poets, Genius, Libraries or librarians, England or English people, Money, Honor, Debtors or creditors, Finance
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Savage Keith Rickman, a young unknown poet, a genius, who for all his warring personality traits is always honorable. Disillusioned over dishonorable dealings between his bookseller father and a financier, and kept from success by the indecisiveness of a literary editor, he spends years slaving and starving himself to redeem what he considers a debt of honor. At last his genius is acknowledged, and success enables him to go to the woman for whom he has loved and slaved.
Horace Jewdwine, the literary editor who believes he has discovered a genius but...
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