Lavengro · Character

The Stranger

A mysterious figure who confronts Lavengro and Winifred in a dramatic encounter.

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Also known as stranger

First appearance: i

The Stranger shows up with force in Chapter XII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A tall man with a fresh wound on his forehead, accompanied by a fairy dog, who confronts the narrator on the road during the snowstorm but leaves after a brief exchange.

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In Chapter XII: A tall man with a fresh wound on his forehead, accompanied by a fairy dog, who confronts the narrator on the road during the snowstorm but leaves after a brief exchange. Later, in XXIX: A rakish figure…

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Chapter XII
A tall man with a fresh wound on his forehead, accompanied by a fairy dog, who confronts the narrator on the road during the snowstorm but leaves after a brief exchange.
XXIX
A rakish figure who demands one-and-ninepence from the narrator upon his arrival in London.
XLVI
The merchant whose pocketbook is stolen; recognizes Lavengro from London Bridge and later engages in a philological conversation.
LIII
The thimble-and-pea man, who offers the narrator a job as a 'bonnet' and recounts his past as a pickpocket and his turn to the thimble game.
LXIII
A man in plain black clothes enters the parlour, engages in a guarded conversation with the narrator, makes symbolic gestures (touching glass, fork, scratching floor), and invites the narrator to his home.
LXIV
Hosts the narrator at his mansion, shares his family history and his personal struggles with sensibility and compulsive touching.
LXXXIX
The man in black from the public-house, who appears in the dingle at the end of the chapter.
XCIV
The man in black who discusses the plans of the Roman See and criticizes English society.
XXVI
An elderly passenger who fights and defeats the bang-up coachman after being insulted.
XXVIII
The man in black, who travels with Mr. Platitude and winks at the narrator.
XLVI
The thimble-rigger whom Murtagh met at a fair and later became his companion.

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