# The English — Travel Essays character guide

> The English in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The English

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

## Who they are

English people encountered during the travels.

## In the story

### [At Maubeuge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/at-maubeuge)

Mentioned as part of the 'ruck and rabble of British touristry' who travel unhindered.

### [Origny Sainte-Benoîte: A By-Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/origny-sainte-beno-te-a-by-day)

The narrator and the Cigarette are identified as English, running up the hill to see the balloon.

### [Origny Sainte-Benoîte: The Company at Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/origny-sainte-beno-te-the-company-at-table)

Mentioned in the context of Gaston's pictures crossing the Channel and his time in London.

### [The Amateur Emigrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-amateur-emigrant)

English passengers are noted among the diverse crowd, contributing to the social tapestry of the voyage.

### [The Second Cabin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-second-cabin)

A pair of young men, one Scots and one ashamed Irishman, who disgrace themselves at the table.

### [Early Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/early-impressions)

Mentioned as part of the diverse nationalities aboard, alongside Scots, Irish, Americans, Scandinavians, Germans, and a Russian.

### [New York](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/new-york)

Referenced as a contrast to American manners and as the narrator's own background.

### [Leaves from the Notebook of an Emigrant Between New York and San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/leaves-from-the-notebook-of-an-emigrant-between-new-york-and-san-francisco)

The narrator, an Englishman, contrasts his own expectations with American customs and manners.

### [The Emigrant Train](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-emigrant-train)

The narrator, an Englishman, describes his own experiences and observations as an emigrant on the train.

### [Fellow-Passengers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/fellow-passengers)

Included a German family and Cornish miners, the latter described as a mysterious, esoteric race.

### [San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/san-francisco)

Mentioned as finding themselves in a strange country alongside the Yankee.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/v)

Implied as part of the artistic community at Gretz, though not explicitly named.

### [An Autumn Effect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/an-autumn-effect)

The ploughmen and agricultural labourers observed by the narrator, drinking ale by the hedgerow.

### [The Woods in Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/the-woods-in-spring)

Mentioned in the context of English picnics that litter the forest in summer, contrasting with the solitude of spring.

### [Morality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/morality)

Referenced indirectly through the mention of Horace and classical literary tradition.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters/the_english
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/characters