Other People’s Worlds (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Trevor Cox
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1950’s
- Setting: London and Stone St. Martin, Gloucestershire
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Acting or actors, Sex or sexuality, Crime or criminals, Social issues, Prostitution or prostitutes, Mental illness, England or English people, Good and evil, Mysteries, London, Ethics, Single people, Widows or widowers
- Locales: London, England, Gloucestershire, England
Characters Discussed
Julia Ferndale, a plump, forty-seven- year-old widow with a part-time typing job. She lives protected in her mother’s charming country home and has romantic illusions about marrying Francis Tyte, fourteen years her junior. Her devout Catholicism gives her a strong sense of compassion for those less fortunate than she. When she realizes that her marriage to Francis is a fraud, she extends this compassion to all of Francis’ other victims. In fact, she is the only one who recognizes that Francis is incapable of telling the truth. She is the link between...
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