# Bartholomew Golden — The Wood Beyond the World character guide

> Bartholomew Golden in The Wood Beyond the World by William Morris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bartholomew, the Bartholomew

**First appearance:** 0000-i-of-golden-walter-and-his-father

## Who they are

Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who dies early in the story.

## Relationships

### [Golden Walter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/characters/golden_walter)

_family_

Bartholomew Golden is Golden Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who cares for his son's welfare.

### [Golden Walter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/characters/golden_walter)

_family_

Bartholomew Golden is Golden Walter's father, a wealthy merchant who cares for his son's welfare.

## In the story

### [I: Of Golden Walter and His Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/i-of-golden-walter-and-his-father)

Walter's father, a wealthy merchant and head of the Lineage of the Goldings, who agrees to let Walter sail on the Katherine.

### [II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/ii-golden-walter-takes-ship-to-sail-the-seas)

Walter's father, who sends goods to the quay and later bids farewell to Walter on the Katherine.

### [III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/iii-walter-heareth-tidings-of-the-death-of-his-father)

Bartholomew Golden is reported dead from wounds sustained in a Guild-hall fight with the Reddings.

### [IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her Course](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wood_beyond_the_world_se/chapters/iv-storm-befalls-the-bartholomew-and-she-is-driven-off-her-course)

The ship Bartholomew is personified as a stout vessel, praised by the shipmaster as 'the darling of Oak Woods' for its seaworthiness.

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