Elopement Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Elopement


  1. Carker, James with Dombey’s wife. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son]
  2. Leonora with Alvaro, rejected as suitor by her father. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, La Forza del Destino, Westerman, 315–317]
  3. Little Emily with Steerforth, although engaged to Ham. [Br. Lit.: David Copperfield]
  4. Madeline with Porphyro, who appears in dream. [Br. Lit.: “The Eve of St. Agnes” in Magill I, 263–264]
  5. Wardle, Rachel elopes with the imposter Alfred Jingle. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers]