# Gilbert — Dangerous Ages character guide

> Gilbert in Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Robert Browning, Gilbert's

**First appearance:** 0003-i-neville-s-birthday

## Who they are

A character possibly linked to literary allusions, with limited direct presence.

## Relationships

### [Rosalind Hilary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/characters/rosalind_hilary)

_family_

Gilbert is Rosalind's brother, with a relationship characterized by sibling banter and underlying care.

### [Rosalind Hilary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/characters/rosalind_hilary)

_family_

Gilbert is Rosalind's brother, with a relationship characterized by sibling banter and underlying care.

### [Rosalind Hilary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/characters/rosalind_hilary)

_family_

Gilbert is Rosalind's brother, with a relationship characterized by sibling banter and underlying care.

## In the story

### [Mrs. Hilary's Birthday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/ii-mrs-hilary-s-birthday)

Gilbert, a playwright, attends with his wife Rosalind, who is studying psychoanalysis and analyzing Mrs. Hilary's 'case.'

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/i)

Attends with his wife Rosalind; his review copy of a book is mentioned.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/ii)

Gilbert, age thirty-eight, is mentioned as having annoyed Mrs. Hilary by choosing literature as a profession and marrying Rosalind.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/iii)

Mrs. Hilary's son, a spare and cynical playwright and literary editor, arrives with his wife Rosalind and discusses Chekhov and the Salvation Army.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/iv)

Swims alongside Pamela, part of the younger generation.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/v)

Departs with Rosalind after dinner; is absurdly pleased with her despite occasional disapproval.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/i)

Mrs. Hilary's son; she is disappointed that he took up writing instead of a man's job, and then married Rosalind.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/iii)

Rosalind's husband and Mrs. Hilary's son, mentioned as being asked to leave them alone for the talk.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/iv)

Enters from the British Museum, thin and sallow; supports his mother's idea of trying psychoanalysis, with pride in Rosalind.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/v)

Gilbert is described as a writer, effeminate and decadent in Mrs. Hilary's view, and she worries Rosalind will ruin him; his absence at the bus stop is noted as unlike his usual manners.

### [XII: The Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/xii-the-mother)

Mentioned as Rosalind's husband; Rosalind is referred to as 'Gilbert's wife'.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dangerous_ages_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced in Grandmama's recollection about his wife's brief conversion to Catholicism.

## Links

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