Beryl Bainbridge – “Master Georgie”
Beryl Bainbridge – “Master Georgie”
The story is set between 1846 and 1854, it tells the story about Cirmean War
from the British point of view.
The story has 3 narrators: Myrtle, the adopted sister of George Hardy; Dr. Potter
and Pompey Jones
The main character of the book is of course George Hardy aka. Master Georgie.
He is attractive, intelligent and bisexual. He is a surgeon, also, he is an amateur
photographer.
There are 3 other main characters:
1) Myrtle – the adopted sister, who Master Georgie absolutely adores, Myrtle
is the only one in the book referring to George Hardy as Master Georgie,
she constantly follows him around and never lets him out of her sight
2) Dr Potter - sententious geologist who eventually marries another of the
Hardy children, he, like Hardy is also an intellectual
3) Pompey Jones – He is a street performer, and also he learns photography
from Hardy, as a child he used to ste...