The Years (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1880-1937
- Setting: London, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic realism, Family literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Nature, Nineteenth century, Middle classes, London, Sick persons, Time, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: London, England
Characters Discussed
Colonel Abel Pargiter, a solid, middle- class, retired army officer, father of the family whose progress through the years is traced in fragmentary episodes from 1880 to 1937. Lonely and purposeless, he sits in his club, goes to the city, visits his mistress, Mira, and returns to his genteel but rather shabby home on Abercorn Terrace, where his wife lies ill of a lingering illness and his children are gathered for tea. Mrs. Pargiter dies that night. All his children but one leave for lives of their own. The exception is Eleanor, with whom the colonel lives...
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