The Sheltered Life (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Ellen Glasgow
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Twentieth century
- Setting: Richmond, Virginia
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Virginia, Family or family life, Class conflict, Teenagers, South or Southerners, Marriage, 1910’s, Adultery, Sick persons, Hospitals
- Locales: Richmond, VA
Characters Discussed
General David Archbald, an old Southern gentleman whose life is dominated by the needs of his daughters, his daughter-in-law, and his granddaughter. He is tall, spare, and very erect, with silver-gray hair and mustache, dark beetling eyebrows, and an eagle nose. Though a rebel at heart since childhood, he has throughout his long life been largely a conformist. He often muses on the past, on what might have been, and on the insoluble puzzles of human nature.
Jenny Blair Archbald, his spirited granddaughter, a pretty girl who from her childhood on...
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