The Wood Beyond the World · Character
Bartholomew Golden
Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who dies early in the story.
minor
Also known as Bartholomew, the Bartholomew
First appearance: I: Of Golden Walter and His Father
Bartholomew Golden's tie to Golden Walter is one of the pressures that moves The Wood Beyond the World—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Walter's father, a wealthy merchant and head of the Lineage of the Goldings, who agrees to let Walter sail on the Katherine.
Bartholomew Golden first appears in 0000 i of golden walter and his father.
With Golden Walter (family): Bartholomew Golden is Golden Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who cares for his son's welfare. With Golden Walter (family): Bartholomew Golden is Golden Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who cares for his son's welfare.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Family and Rivalry
- Supernatural and Antagonistic Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Bartholomew Golden in I: Of Golden Walter and His FatherIn the story
Bartholomew Golden appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- I: Of Golden Walter and His Father
- II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas
- III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father
- IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her Course
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See Bartholomew Golden in I: Of Golden Walter and His Father