The New Republic (novel)
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The New Republic or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House by English author William Hurrell Mallock (1849–1923) is a novel first published by Chatto and Windus of London in 1877. The work had its genesis as a serialization. In June–December 1876 it appeared as a series of sketches in Belgravia magazine.
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Plot introduction
The novel is a satire consisting almost entirely of dialogue and mocking most of the important figures then at Oxford University, with regards to aestheticism and Hellenism.
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Characters
The famous people Mallock depicts are as follows, together with the names of the characters that represent them.
- Matthew Arnold — Mr. Luke<ref name="ECBrewer">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Thomas Carlyle — Donald Gordon<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- William Kingdon Clifford — Mr. Saunders
- Violet Fane — Mrs. Sinclair <ref name=ECBrewer/>
- William Money Hardinge — Robert Leslie<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- Thomas Huxley — Mr. Storks<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- Benjamin Jowett — Dr. Jenkinson<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- W. H. Mallock — Otho Laurence
- Walter Pater — Mr. Rose<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- Edward Bouverie Pusey — Dr. Seydon<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- John Ruskin — Mr. Herbert<ref name=ECBrewer/>
- John Tyndall — Mr. Stockton<ref name=ECBrewer/>
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