# Mr. Fortescue — Night and Day character guide

> Mr. Fortescue in Night and Day by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** dear Mr. Fortescue

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

A friend of the Hilberys, a literary man.

## In the story

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

An eminent novelist present at the tea party, whose sentence is interrupted by Denham's entrance.

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

Recalled by Ralph for his words about Manchester and his manner of speaking.

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