My Brilliant Career · Character

Frank Hawden

A young man who works for the Beechams and shows interest in Sybylla.

minor

Also known as Frank Hawden, Hawden, Frank

First appearance: XI: Yah!

Frank Hawden's tie to Grannie is one of the pressures that moves My Brilliant Career—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Drives Sybylla to Caddagat; boasts about his travels; later ignores her at dinner to show off to others.

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Frank Hawden first appears in 0016 xi yah.

With Grannie (family): A close grandparent-grandchild relationship, with Grannie often indulgent and protective of Frank. With Grannie (family): A close grandparent-grandchild relationship, with Grannie often indulgent and protective of Frank.

In VIII: Possum Gully Left Behind. Hurrah! Hurrah!: Drives Sybylla to Caddagat; boasts about his travels; later ignores her at dinner to show off to others.

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Character groups

Family and close associates

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Narrative arc

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

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Grannie
family · positive
A close grandparent-grandchild relationship, with Grannie often indulgent and protective… How this plays out →
Grannie
family · positive
A close grandparent-grandchild relationship, with Grannie often indulgent and protective… How this plays out →

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VIII: Possum Gully Left Behind. Hurrah! Hurrah!
Drives Sybylla to Caddagat; boasts about his travels; later ignores her at dinner to show off to others.
X: Everard Grey
Follows Sybylla around and expresses admiration, but she finds him annoying and puerile.
XI: Yah!
Pursues Sybylla with clumsy declarations of love, which she dismisses with scorn.
One Grand Passion
Proposes to Sybylla, is violently rejected, and complains to her grandmother about her conduct.
XIII: He
Mentioned as absent during Harold's Sunday visit.
XIV: Principally Letters
Joins Sybylla, aunt Helen, and uncle on the ride to Yabtree church.
XVII: Idylls of Youth
Comes off second-best in a dispute, is tricked by Sybylla into being left behind on the road, and mutters insults about her.
XXVI: Boast Not Thyself of Tomorrow
Escorts Sybylla partway to Gool-Gool on her journey away from Caddagat.
My Journey
Parted with Sybylla at the start of the coach journey; she waves goodbye until he is out of sight.

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