# Alick — Travel Essays character guide

> Alick in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the unabashed Alick

**First appearance:** 0027-edinburgh

## Who they are

A Scottish servant whose name the narrator calls out on the road, he belongs to the familiar world of home that the traveller has left behind.

## Relationships

### [Captain Poul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/captain_poul)

_professional_

Alick and Captain Poul have a seafaring professional relationship, likely as crew and captain.

### [Tom Bowling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/tom_bowling)

_friendship_

Alick and Tom Bowling are shipmates and friends, sharing camaraderie at sea.

### [Captain Poul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/captain_poul)

_professional_

Alick and Captain Poul have a seafaring professional relationship, likely as crew and captain.

### [Tom Bowling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/tom_bowling)

_friendship_

Alick and Tom Bowling are shipmates and friends, sharing camaraderie at sea.

## In the story

### [The Stowaways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-stowaways)

A Scots engineer and stowaway, formerly idle in Glasgow, who decided to emigrate after hearing of a friend's success in America.

## Links

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