Leo Colston
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Leo Colston is the reflective narrator and central figure of L.P. Hartley’s novel "The Go-Between," whose childhood experiences of acting as a messenger between illicit lovers shape his adult understanding of memory, class, and betrayal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leo Colston canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| actsAs | go-between ⓘ |
| adultCharacterTrait |
emotionally repressed
ⓘ
haunted by past ⓘ |
| adultProfession | retired civil servant (implied) ⓘ |
| ageInMainEvents | about thirteen ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Go-Between ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation | Brandham Hall ⓘ |
| associatedWithQuote | The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. ⓘ |
| centralCharacterOf | The Go-Between ⓘ |
| childCharacterTrait |
imaginative
ⓘ
naive ⓘ |
| childhoodSetting | Norfolk country house ⓘ |
| consequenceOfTrauma | lifelong psychological damage ⓘ |
| createdBy | L. P. Hartley ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext |
The Go-Between
ⓘ
surface form:
The Go-Between (1953 novel)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasOlderSelfIn | The Go-Between ⓘ |
| hasYoungerSelfIn | The Go-Between ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Maudsley family ⓘ |
| involvedIn | illicit love affair as messenger ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| literaryRole | reflective narrator ⓘ |
| messengerFor |
Marian Maudsley
ⓘ
Ted Burgess ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
explores unreliability of memory
ⓘ
mediates between childhood and adulthood perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructureRole | frame narrator ⓘ |
| narratorOf | The Go-Between ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| occupation | narrator ⓘ |
| remembersEventsFrom | fifty years later ⓘ |
| socialStatus | middle class ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of lost innocence
ⓘ
victim of class system ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
betrayal
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class ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ memory ⓘ repression ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfChildhood | summer of 1900 ⓘ |
| traumaticEvent | discovery of Marian and Ted's affair ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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