# Irvine Lovelands — Travel Essays character guide

> Irvine Lovelands in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Irvine, Lovelands

**First appearance:** 0000-an-inland-voyage

## Who they are

A fellow traveller whose path briefly crosses the narrator's, he is one of the many strangers who flash through the Toll House and vanish.

## Relationships

### [Rufe Hanson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/rufe_hanson)

_friendship_

Irvine Lovelands and Rufe Hanson are close friends, possibly sharing youthful exploits.

## In the story

### [The Act of Squatting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-act-of-squatting)

Irvine, a relative of Mrs. Hanson, shows surprising strength carrying heavy boxes up the treacherous path.

### [The Hunter's Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-hunter-s-family)

Mrs. Hanson's brother, a crude, self-absorbed clodhopper who works cutting wood and boasts of his intelligence.

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