Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: The late 1800’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Social realism, Domestic realism, Drama, Women’s literature
- Subjects: Values, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, England or English people, Women’s issues
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Vivie Warren, the independent, confident, self-possessed, twenty-two-year-old daughter of Mrs. Kitty Warren. After finishing a rigorous academic program with honors at Cambridge, Vivie plans to become an actuarial accountant. Unlike many young women of her day, she hopes for a highly successful business career. She has lived at boarding schools all of her life and has had little contact with her mother and no knowledge of the family business. Vivie has taken a country cottage in Haslemere to devote herself to reading law in preparation for her business...
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