The Unfortunate Traveller (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Nashe
- First Published: 1594
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Reign of King Henry VIII
- Setting: England and the Continent
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Prisoners, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, Adventure, Sixteenth century, Soldiers, Battles, Nobility
- Locales: England, Germany, Venice, Italy, Florence, Italy, Rome, Italy
Characters Discussed
Jack Wilton, a page to Henry VIII of England. Bored with his life, he leaves King Henry’s service to become a soldier of fortune. Because he is a bright and merry lad, he has all sorts of adventures and scrapes. He travels with the earl of Surrey as a companion throughout Europe. Finally, he returns to England and the service of Henry VIII.
The earl of Surrey, Jack’s friend, benefactor, and traveling companion. He is a gallant courtier.
Tabitha, a Venetian prostitute who meets Jack and the earl of Surrey. She and her pander try to kill the...
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