# Albert — The White Feather character guide

> Albert in The White Feather by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Herbert, dear old Albert, Bertie, Albert Redivivus

**First appearance:** 0008-vi-albert-redivivus

## Snapshot

Red-haired, grinning town boy who plunges into the Wrykyn fray and, with one bleeding cut, becomes the mirror in which Sheen sees his own fear.

## Who they are

Albert belongs to the town crowd that clashes with the school, and his charge through the fight sends Barry staggering while Sheen slips away. Cheerful, battered, and utterly unbothered, he embodies the rough courage Sheen lacks, and his grinning, bloodied face haunts Sheen's walk home. He matters because that single glimpse triggers the shame that drives the novel's central crisis.

## Relationships

### [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen)

_social_

Albert is a fellow student who interacts with Sheen in school settings.

### [Sheen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/characters/sheen)

_social_

Albert is a fellow student who interacts with Sheen in school settings.

## In the story

### [IV: The Better Part of Valour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/iv-the-better-part-of-valour)

The red-haired town youth who throws a brick through Cook's window and leads the gang against the schoolboys.

### [VI: Albert Redivivus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/vi-albert-redivivus)

Appears with his gang during the junior skirmish; attacks Sheen and beats him to the ground.

### [VII: Mr. Joe Bevan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/vii-mr-joe-bevan)

Beats Sheen in a fight but is intimidated by Joe Bevan's reputation.

### [XII: Dunstable and Linton Go Up the River](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_white_feather_se/chapters/xii-dunstable-and-linton-go-up-the-river)

Pursues Dunstable and Linton, falls into the water, and later sinks their boat out of revenge.

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