The Virginians (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Late eighteenth century
- Setting: England and the Colony of Virginia
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Virginia, Prisoners, Colonies or colonization, Escapes, Brothers, England or English people, American Revolution, Eighteenth century
- Locales: Virginia, England, American colonies
Characters Discussed
George Esmond Warrington, the older son of Madame Rachel Esmond Warrington and her deceased husband, and the heir to the Castlewood estate in Virginia. Impetuous, emotional, and introspective, George volunteers to serve in the French and Indian War under a family friend and neighbor, Colonel George Washington. George Warrington is reported killed in action, but he turns up three years later, his life having been saved by an Indian girl. A short time later, he goes to England, where his young brother, Harry, has been confined in debtors’ prison. While in...
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