John Beaver
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John Beaver is a socially ambitious but emotionally shallow young man in Evelyn Waugh’s novel "A Handful of Dust," whose affair with Brenda Last helps precipitate the collapse of her marriage and the story’s ensuing tragedy.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| John Beaver canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Handful of Dust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInLiteraryMovement | interwar British fiction ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
adultery
ⓘ
emotional emptiness ⓘ marital breakdown ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| contributesTo | collapse of Brenda Last's marriage ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
emotionally shallow
ⓘ
socially ambitious ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1934 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasAffairWith | Brenda Last NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMother | Mrs. Beaver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exposes moral emptiness of society ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| occupation | unemployed young man ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
opportunistic
ⓘ
self-interested ⓘ superficial ⓘ |
| relationshipToTony Last | Brenda Last's lover ⓘ |
| roleInWork | catalyst for tragedy ⓘ |
| setting | English upper-class society ⓘ |
| socialCircle | London society ⓘ |
| socialClass | aspiring upper-middle class ⓘ |
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