The Works of Max Beerbohm · Character
Lady Belper
Society hostess and patron of the arts in Victorian London.
minor
First appearance: 1880
Lady Belper's tie to Sir James Tylney Long is one of the pressures that moves The Works of Max Beerbohm—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Hosts a garden-party attended by Coates and the Tylney Longs.
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With Sir James Tylney Long (family): Lady Belper and Sir James Tylney Long were likely married or closely related, sharing a high-society domestic life. With King George IV (social): King George IV and Lady Belper were…
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Relationship types
- Social
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Romance, Eccentricity, and Social Climbing
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the dramatic climax because the narrator’s long-held, idealized image of Walter Pater as a sublime sty…
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- Sir James Tylney Long
family · positive
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- King George IV
social · ambivalent
- Emma
social · ambivalent
- King George IV
social · ambivalent
- Emma
social · ambivalent
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