Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Dornford Yates' Characters' Interactions

This post will be subject to revision as more books are read or reread.

Simon Beaulieu interacts with the Master in "Simon" in As Other Men Are and again in The Stolen March and then with the Pleydells in The Berry Scene.

Eulalie interacts with the Pleydells in Jonah And Co. and with the Beaulieus in The Stolen March and is mentioned by Boy Pleydell in Adele And Co.

Porus Bureau makes minor appearances in The Stolen March and She Painted Her Face.

Toby Rage appears in:

"Toby" in As Other Men Are;
"Childish Things" in Maiden Stakes;
the Chandos novel, Red In The Morning;
the Berry collection, The Berry Scene.

Richard Falcon appears in:

the collection, Period Stuff;
the Berry novel, The House That Berry Built;
the Chandos novel, Cost Price;
Ne'er-Do-Well, narrated by Chandos.

John Bagot narrates Gale Warning, which features Richard Chandos who narrates nine novels, including Red In The Morning, which features John Bagot.

Jonathan Mansel is:

"Jonah" in the ten Berry books and in "Letters Patent" in Maiden Stakes;
"Mansel" in six of the eight listed Chandos books and in three other novels.

Richard Chandos:

appears in ten novels;
narrates nine, although only eight are listed as "Chandos books";
is mentioned in The Berry Scene where his wife, Jenny, appears.

Anthony Lyveden and Valerie French:

are each the title character of a novel;
marry;
are mentioned by Simon Beaulieu in "Simon";
appear in The Berry Scene.

The criminal nicknamed "Auntie Emma":

appears in The Stolen March;
is defeated by Mansel and the Pleydells in Adele And Co.;
is killed by Chandos in Red In The Morning.

For the sequence of novels featuring the criminal, Punter, see:

The Structure Of A Series: Dornford Yates II

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