Young Törless (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Musil
- First Published: 1906
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
- Setting: A boarding school in the Austrian Empire
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Adolescence, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Nineteenth century, Education or educators, Friendship, Schools or school life, Ethics, Cruelty, Austria or Austrians, Boys, Private schools
- Locales: Austria
Characters Discussed
Törless (TEHR-lehs), a young boy at the celebrated military boarding school “W” in a remote eastern town of the Austrian Empire. When Törless first arrives at the boarding school, he is homesick and writes letters home almost daily. Although a friendship with the youthful cadet Prince H. helps him to overcome this early personal problem, it is only when Törless becomes acquainted with two older classmates, Beineberg and Reiting, that he begins to resolve this crisis in his psychological development. Beineberg indirectly helps Törless to overcome the...
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