Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance · Character

Mrs. Taylor

A neighbor or acquaintance of the narrator.

minor

Also known as Taylor, himself

First appearance: i newspapers

Mrs. Taylor's tie to Narrator is one of the pressures that moves Mark Rutherford’s Deliverance—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

A woman visited by M'Kay and the narrator; her home is described as a den of misery and degradation.

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With Narrator (social): Mrs. Taylor is a neighbor or acquaintance who provides minor social interaction and local gossip. In II: M'Kay: A woman visited by M'Kay and the narrator; her home is described as a den of…

With Narrator (social): Mrs. Taylor is a neighbor or acquaintance who provides minor social interaction and local gossip.

In II: M'Kay: A woman visited by M'Kay and the narrator; her home is described as a den of misery and degradation.

Later, in V: What It All Came To: Taylor's wife, who is mentioned as part of Taylor's background; she is a widow with a small income who married Taylor, but he failed as a shopkeeper and they faced near-pauperism.

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Social
Other

Character groups

Domestic and community connections
Protagonist
Minor characters and authorial persona
Biblical commentary figures

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

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Narrator
social · ambivalent

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II: M'Kay
A woman visited by M'Kay and the narrator; her home is described as a den of misery and degradation.
V: What It All Came To
Taylor's wife, who is mentioned as part of Taylor's background; she is a widow with a small income who married Taylor, but he failed as a shopkeeper and they faced near-pauperism.
VI: Drury Lane Theology
Taylor is helped to become an out-of-doors porter at a large club, freeing him from insolent tyranny and getting him into the open air.
IX: Holidays
An ordinary woman who proves reliable and helps nurse Ellen during her typhoid fever.

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