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'''Lord Glenarvan''' is a fictional character which appears in ]'s 1868 novel '']'' and then briefly appears in '']'' (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan. '''Lord Glenarvan''' is a fictional character that appears in ]'s 1868 novel '']'' and then briefly appears in '']'' (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan.


Lord Glenarvan owns a yacht called the ''Duncan'', which he uses to help find Captain Grant of the ''Brittania'', who is being sought by his children Robert and Mary. After many travels and misfortunes he and his crew eventually finds the captain in the conclusion of '']''. Lord Glenarvan owns a yacht called the ''Duncan'', which he uses to help find Captain Grant of the ''Britannia'', who is being sought by his children Robert and Mary. After many travels and misfortunes he and his crew eventually finds the captain in the conclusion of '']''.


In '']'', Lord Glenarvan uses the ''Duncan'' to save castaways and the repentant criminal ] on the fictional Lincoln Island. In '']'', Lord Glenarvan uses the ''Duncan'' to save castaways and the repentant criminal ] on the fictional Lincoln Island.


==Reception== ==Reception==
The character has been used to discuss European ] in literature.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bongie |first1=Chris |title=Exotic Memories: Literature, Colonialism, and the Fin de Siècle |date=1991 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804765763 |pages=1-3 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Exotic_Memories/kDusAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lord+glenarvan%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barthes |first1=Roland |title=New Critical Essays |date=2009 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=9780810126411 |page=81 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Critical_Essays/aZeq-PWH9VcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22lord%20glenarvan%22%20colonialism |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref> Russian playwright ] used the character in a 1928 comedy, ''The Crimson Island'', as a spoof of Western European colonialism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orlich |first1=Ileana Alexandra |title=Subversive Stages: Theater in Pre- and Post-Communist in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria |date=2017 |publisher=Central European University Press |isbn=978-9633861165 |pages=63-67 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Subversive_Stages/wirHDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lord+glenarvan%22+colonialism&pg=PA67&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Partridge |first1=Helen Howard |title=Comedy in the Early Works of Mikhail Bulgakov |date=1968 |publisher=Georgetown University |pages=168-177 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Comedy_in_the_Early_Works_of_Mikhail_Bul/ZeEXAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=lord%20glenarvan |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref> The character has been used to discuss European ] in literature.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bongie |first1=Chris |title=Exotic Memories: Literature, Colonialism, and the Fin de Siècle |date=1991 |publisher=] |isbn=9780804765763 |pages=1-3 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Exotic_Memories/kDusAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lord+glenarvan%22&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barthes |first1=Roland |title=New Critical Essays |date=2009 |publisher=Northwestern University Press |isbn=9780810126411 |page=81 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_Critical_Essays/aZeq-PWH9VcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22lord%20glenarvan%22%20colonialism |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref> Russian playwright ] used the character in a 1928 comedy, ''The Crimson Island'', as a spoof of Western European colonialism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Orlich |first1=Ileana Alexandra |title=Subversive Stages: Theater in Pre- and Post-Communist in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria |date=2017 |publisher=Central European University Press |isbn=978-9633861165 |pages=63-67 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Subversive_Stages/wirHDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lord+glenarvan%22+colonialism&pg=PA67&printsec=frontcover |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Partridge |first1=Helen Howard |title=Comedy in the Early Works of Mikhail Bulgakov |date=1968 |publisher=Georgetown University |pages=168-177 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Comedy_in_the_Early_Works_of_Mikhail_Bul/ZeEXAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=lord%20glenarvan |accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Fictional character
Lord Edward Glenarvan
Voyages Extraordinaires character
Lord Glenarvan in Les Enfants du capitaine GrantLord Glenarvan in Les Enfants du capitaine Grant
First appearanceLes Enfants du capitaine Grant (1868)
Last appearanceL'Île mystérieuse (1874)
Created byJules Verne
In-universe information
GenderMale
Familywife Lady Helena; cousin Major MacNabb
NationalityScottish

Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character that appears in Jules Verne's 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways and then briefly appears in The Mysterious Island (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan.

Lord Glenarvan owns a yacht called the Duncan, which he uses to help find Captain Grant of the Britannia, who is being sought by his children Robert and Mary. After many travels and misfortunes he and his crew eventually finds the captain in the conclusion of In Search of the Castaways.

In The Mysterious Island, Lord Glenarvan uses the Duncan to save castaways and the repentant criminal Tom Ayrton on the fictional Lincoln Island.

Reception

The character has been used to discuss European colonialism in literature. Russian playwright Mikhail Bulgakov used the character in a 1928 comedy, The Crimson Island, as a spoof of Western European colonialism.

References

  1. Bongie, Chris (1991). Exotic Memories: Literature, Colonialism, and the Fin de Siècle. Stanford University Press. pp. 1–3. ISBN 9780804765763. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. Barthes, Roland (2009). New Critical Essays. Northwestern University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780810126411. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. Orlich, Ileana Alexandra (2017). Subversive Stages: Theater in Pre- and Post-Communist in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Central European University Press. pp. 63–67. ISBN 978-9633861165. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. Partridge, Helen Howard (1968). Comedy in the Early Works of Mikhail Bulgakov. Georgetown University. pp. 168–177. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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