Lord Darlington

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Lord Darlington is an aristocratic English nobleman best known as the pre–World War II owner of Darlington Hall in Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel "The Remains of the Day," whose misguided political sympathies and moral failings drive much of the story’s tragedy.

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instanceOf English nobleman ⓘ
aristocrat ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn The Remains of the Day ⓘ
causeOf Stevens’s later regret ⓘ
downfall of Darlington Hall’s reputation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ
employerOf Miss Kenton ⓘ
Stevens ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Remains of the Day ⓘ
firstAppearance The Remains of the Day (1989 novel) ⓘ
hosts international political conferences at Darlington Hall ⓘ
householdStaffIncludes Miss Kenton ⓘ
Stevens ⓘ
influencedBy German sympathizers ⓘ
right-wing political figures ⓘ
involvedIn British policy of appeasement ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literarySignificance embodies failures of the British aristocracy ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
moralArc from respected nobleman to disgraced figure ⓘ
moralCharacteristic easily influenced ⓘ
naive ⓘ
well-intentioned but misguided ⓘ
narrativeFunction catalyst for protagonist’s moral awakening ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation landed aristocrat ⓘ
owns Darlington Hall ⓘ
politicalSympathies pro-appeasement ⓘ
sympathetic to Nazi Germany ⓘ
portrayedAs honorable but politically naive ⓘ
relationshipToMissKenton employer ⓘ
relationshipToStevens master ⓘ
reputationAfterWar disgraced ⓘ
remembered as Nazi sympathizer ⓘ
residence Darlington Hall ⓘ
roleInWork central supporting character ⓘ
settingOfActivities England ⓘ
socialClass British upper class ⓘ
themeAssociation complicity in fascism ⓘ
limits of personal loyalty ⓘ
moral responsibility of the elite ⓘ
tragedy of misplaced trust ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
pre–World War II era ⓘ
title Lord ⓘ

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Darlington Hall → ownedBy → Lord Darlington ⓘ
James Fox → notableRole → Lord Darlington in The Remains of the Day ⓘ
linked to: Lord Darlington
Miss Kenton → employer → Lord Darlington ⓘ
James Stevens → employer → Lord Darlington ⓘ
A Good Woman → hasCharacter → Lord Darlington ⓘ