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*Alexander Aylmer, a stunning beauty of 13-14, intelligent, loyal, passionate and self-willed, his great academic interest is in ancient history. | *Alexander Aylmer, a stunning beauty of 13-14, intelligent, loyal, passionate and self-willed, his great academic interest is in ancient history. | ||
*Rupert Drysdale, Alexander's best friend of his own age and a | *Rupert Drysdale, Alexander's best friend of his own age and a worldly influence on him. | ||
*Julian Smith, aged 16-17 | *Julian Smith, aged 16-17 | ||
*Guy Cowburn, a snobbish bully in Julian's year | |||
*Peter Leigh, Guy's principal crony and a thief. | |||
*Damian Cavendish, aged 22-23 | |||
*Jack Hodgson, housemaster of Peyntors, Alexander's house at Eton. | |||
*Mr. Allenby, the Head Master of Eton. | |||
*Sir Henry ("Hal") Aylmer, Alexander's father, a Lord Justice of Appeal. | *Sir Henry ("Hal") Aylmer, Alexander's father, a Lord Justice of Appeal. | ||
*Penelope Aylmer, Alexander's mother. | *Penelope Aylmer, Alexander's mother. | ||
*Alfred Smith alias Wertheimber, Julian's father. | *Alfred Smith alias Wertheimber, Julian's father. | ||
*Damian | *Denise Smith, Julian's mother, a feminist social worker whose prominence as a campaigner against "child sex abuse" only becomes clear towards the end. | ||
*Walter Cavendish, Damian's father, an aristocratic ex-radical. | |||
*Jim Hatchet, a Detective Inspector | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 07:03, 13 February 2013
Alexander's Choice is a novel set at Eton College in 1983-4 by Edmund Marlowe, an old boy of the school, as his début work. It tells of the love affair of Alexander Aylmer, a new boy at the school aged 13-14 and Damian Cavendish, a new, young English master.
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The subject of sex between older and younger boys at Eton has been briefly alluded to in previous fiction, notably in The Fourth of June by David Benedictus (1962) [1]. but this is the only novel to have made boylove there its main theme.
Plot introduction
Major themes
Main characters
- Alexander Aylmer, a stunning beauty of 13-14, intelligent, loyal, passionate and self-willed, his great academic interest is in ancient history.
- Rupert Drysdale, Alexander's best friend of his own age and a worldly influence on him.
- Julian Smith, aged 16-17
- Guy Cowburn, a snobbish bully in Julian's year
- Peter Leigh, Guy's principal crony and a thief.
- Damian Cavendish, aged 22-23
- Jack Hodgson, housemaster of Peyntors, Alexander's house at Eton.
- Mr. Allenby, the Head Master of Eton.
- Sir Henry ("Hal") Aylmer, Alexander's father, a Lord Justice of Appeal.
- Penelope Aylmer, Alexander's mother.
- Alfred Smith alias Wertheimber, Julian's father.
- Denise Smith, Julian's mother, a feminist social worker whose prominence as a campaigner against "child sex abuse" only becomes clear towards the end.
- Walter Cavendish, Damian's father, an aristocratic ex-radical.
- Jim Hatchet, a Detective Inspector
References
1^ Benedictus, David (1977). The Fourth of June. London: Anthony Blond. London: Sphere. ISBN 978-0-7221-1588-6
External links
- ↑ Benedictus, David (1977). The Fourth of June. London: Anthony Blond. London: Sphere. ISBN 978-0-7221-1,