The Voyage Out · Character
Evelyn Murgatroyd
A restless, flirtatious young woman who collects love affairs and reformist schemes with equal fervor, forever certain she is about to do something real.
supporting
Also known as Evelyn M., Evelyn, Evie, Miss Murgatroyd, Evelyn Murgatroyd
First appearance: iv
As a supporting figure in The Voyage Out, Evelyn Murgatroyd is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Expresses desire for adventure and conquest, laments the lack of modern heroes like Garibaldi.
Evelyn Murgatroyd moves through the hotel in a whirl of crushes, causes, and sudden enthusiasms, from Alfred and Sinclair to a plan for abolishing prostitution within six months. She demands that Rachel join her Saturday Club and turn from art to life, and her ironic challenge—what do you actually do?—pricks at Rachel's passivity. She matters as the novel's study of restless modern energy that never quite settles, a foil to Rachel's slower, stranger inwardness.
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