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Cashel Byron

A prizefighter of brutal fists and surprising poetry, who falls for a wealthy heiress far above his station and must fight his way toward respectability.

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Also known as Cashel, Byron, Cashel Noisome quack, Cashel Thou, Cashel True, Cashel Flush, Bingley Bumpkin FitzAlgernon de Courcy Cashel Byron

First appearance: the admirable bashville

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Reveals his identity as a prizefighter and his mother being an actress; argues for the honor of his calling; fights and defeats the Flying Dutchman.

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Cashel moves through the world with a boxer's blunt honesty and an unexpected gift for blank verse, equally at home trading blows with Zulu kings and trading barbs with aristocrats. His love for Lydia Carew pulls him toward a life he was never bred for, while his profession drags him back into the ring. The tension between raw physical power and the delicate manners of the drawing room makes him both ridiculous and genuinely admirable.

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Character groups

Admirable Bashville love triangle
Great Catherine court
Passion and Fascinating Foundling
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Lydia Carew
romantic · positive
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Lydia Carew
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Act II
Reveals his identity as a prizefighter and his mother being an actress; argues for the honor of his calling; fights and defeats the Flying Dutchman.
Scene I
Reveals his secret as a prizefighter and his mother being an actress; argues with Lydia about his profession and refuses to become a gentleman.
Scene II
The champion boxer who fights Paradise and later defeats the Zulus, saving Lydia and the crowd.
Act III
Fights Paradise, flees to Lydia for sanctuary, surrenders to police, receives amnesty and is made Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.

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