Marbot (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wolfgang Hildesheimer
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1801-1830
- Setting: England, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Italy
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, France or French people, Love or romance, Suicide, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Incest, England or English people, Italy or Italians, Germany or German people, Switzerland or Swiss people
- Locales: France, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Characters Discussed
Sir Andrew Marbot, a reserved and independent British aristocrat, aesthete, and art theorist. Despite extensive, seemingly authentic documentation from sources credited to a great number of European artists, writers, and thinkers at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Marbot is a fictitious character. A portrait, painted by Eugene Delacroix in 1827 and included in the novel, shows Marbot as a twenty-six-year-old attractive young man. His controlled posture and the skeptical expression around his mouth seem intended to make him appear distant and...
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