Hugh Whitbread

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Hugh Whitbread is a minor but socially prominent character in Virginia Woolf’s novel "Mrs. Dalloway," representing conventional upper-class respectability and superficiality in post–World War I London society.

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instanceOf Character in a novel
Fictional character
Literary character
appearsIn Mrs. Dalloway NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBy Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED
associatedWith British high society
Postwar London society
characterTrait Conventional
Respectable
Superficial
createdBy Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED
firstPublishedIn Mrs. Dalloway (1925) NERFINISHED
friendOf Clarissa Dalloway NERFINISHED
gender Male
hasSpouse Evelyn Whitbread NERFINISHED
knows Richard Dalloway NERFINISHED
literaryMovementContext Modernism NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction Contrast to Clarissa Dalloway’s inner life
Symbol of establishment values
nationality English
occupation Civil servant
represents Conventional upper-class respectability
Social superficiality
residence London, England
surface form: London
setting Early 1920s
London, England
surface form: London
socialClass Upper class
socialStatus Socially prominent
timePeriod Post–World War I
visits Clarissa Dalloway NERFINISHED
worksFor British government NERFINISHED

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Mrs. Dalloway featuresCharacter Hugh Whitbread