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Mr. Harcourt Talboys is the father of George and Clara Talboys. Wealthy, judgmental, and prideful, Harcourt disowns George for marrying Lucy Maldon, a person of a lower class. He also refuses to help Robert Audley in his attempts to solve George’s disappearance. Harcourt represents a cold, apathetic form of justice that contrasts with the merciful justice exemplified by Robert. He also represents the rigidity and cruelty of certain members of the upper class, who, in trying to keep members of the lower class out of their bloodlines, end up losing the family they were attempting to preserve.
Mr. Harcourt Talboys Quotes in Lady Audley’s Secret
The Lady Audley’s Secret quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Harcourt Talboys or refer to Mr. Harcourt Talboys. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Volume 2, Chapter 4
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[Harcourt Talboys] was like his own square-built, northern-fronted, shelterless house. There were no shady nooks in his character into which one could creep for shelter from his hard daylight…with him right was right and wrong was wrong…He had cast off his only son because his only son had disobeyed him, and he was ready to cast off his only daughter at five minutes’ notice for the same reason.
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Mr. Harcourt Talboys Quotes in Lady Audley’s Secret
The Lady Audley’s Secret quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Harcourt Talboys or refer to Mr. Harcourt Talboys. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Volume 2, Chapter 4
Quotes
[Harcourt Talboys] was like his own square-built, northern-fronted, shelterless house. There were no shady nooks in his character into which one could creep for shelter from his hard daylight…with him right was right and wrong was wrong…He had cast off his only son because his only son had disobeyed him, and he was ready to cast off his only daughter at five minutes’ notice for the same reason.
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