Kangaroo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1915-1922
- Setting: Sydney, Australia, and environs
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Culture, Freedom, Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Love or romance, Nature, Authors or writers, Marriage, 1910’s, 1920’s, Spiritual life or spirituality, Emotions, Australia or Australians
- Locales: Australia, Sydney, Australia
Characters Discussed
Richard Lovat Somers, a small, bearded, extremely independent British essayist and poet who has left England after having been detained there during World War I. He was harassed for his political opinions and under suspicion because of his German wife. He visits Australia with his wife, Harriet, looking for a place to settle. Through his neighbor, Jack Callcott, Richard becomes involved in a fringe political movement led by an eccentric Fascist whose code name in the secret society is Kangaroo. Aloof and distant at first and very European, Richard considers...
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