# Young George — The Innocents Abroad character guide

> Young George in The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young George, George, Fulbert, George W. Fulbert, himself

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Snapshot

A young traveler in the party whose name gets borrowed for the book's retelling of the Abelard and Heloise scandal, complete with seduction, secret marriage, and hired ruffians.

## Who they are

Young George moves through the tour as one of the narrator's young companions, but his real work in the text is as the vessel for a lurid medieval set piece: the letter boasting of Fulbert's simplicity, the stolen lessons, the secret marriage, the vengeance. The tale's Abelard is a cold-hearted villain who trades on hospitality, and Heloise a self-sacrificing fool for love, and the whole affair is narrated with mock-historical relish. He matters because he shows how the pilgrims' sightseeing keeps collapsing into anecdote — every ruin wants a scandal attached.

## In the story

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xiv)

Young George is mentioned as part of the group during the visit to the Morgue.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as George W. Fulbert, the uncle of Heloise, in the story of Abelard and Heloise.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xvi)

Implied as part of the group touring Versailles.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxii)

Not directly mentioned in this chapter.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xxxix)

Possibly among the travelers mentioned in the chapter's activities.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlii)

Implied as part of the group.

### [Dan, Bashan, and the Waters of Merom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlvi)

Implied as part of the traveling group.

### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/xlix)

Implied as part of the group; the narrator refers to 'eight armed Christians' including himself and presumably Young George.

### [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/l)

Implied as part of the pilgrim group, though not directly named in excerpts.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lii)

Implied as part of the group; not directly referenced.

### [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/liv)

Young George is among the pilgrims, though not directly mentioned in the excerpts.

### [LVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_innocents_abroad_se/chapters/lvi)

Mentioned as Moult, caught and bruised alongside Dan.

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