Pilgrimage (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Dorothy Richardson
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: 1893-1911
- Setting: England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Teaching or teachers, Social reform, Socialism, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, England or English people, Sisters, Personality, Dentistry or dentists
- Locales: London, England, Germany, Brighton, England
Characters Discussed
Miriam Henderson, an Englishwoman of middle-class background whose story from youth to maturity is screened through her mind in a series of discontinuous episodes, impressions, and suggestions. Forced to earn her own living after her father loses his money, she teaches in Germany and in London. She becomes a governess in a wealthy household. She nurses her dying mother. She works in a dental clinic. She interests herself in the activities of a Socialist group, the Lycurgans. She is engaged to marry Shatov, a Russian Jew, but changes her mind. She begins to...
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