The Misalliance (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anita Brookner
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Children, Love or romance, Guilt, 1980’s, Obsession, England or English people, Adultery, Divorce, London, Loneliness, Secretaries, Happiness
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Blanche Vernon, the central character. Divorced from Hubert “Bertie” Vernon, she is childless and in her mid-forties. Blanche, who is plain in appearance and innocent of the world’s competitive ways, questions why Bertie married her. Beneath an elegant, bookish, witty, and slightly eccentric exterior lies a lonely woman with some romantic yearnings. To please her husband, she shaped herself into what she thought he wanted, but he left her for a younger woman. She bears the divorce bravely, devises activities, develops theories about kinds of people,...
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