Halp! My setting went missing!!

[muselolita.livejournal.com]

Or at least I think it's about to go missing...

So here's my problem. My MC is being all broody and introspective (for two endless chapters) because his father has died and with all the getting into his head and dissecting it, I seem to have not made a single mention of my setting - which is Victorian London.

My question is, how do I bring out the personality of my very important setting with all that brooding in that way. Or do I just let my MC do his thinking and wait for the setting to reveal itself in time?

Comments

[dyserenity.livejournal.com]

You could have another character distract him, like a pickpocket, so he has to stop thinking about his dad and, to keep with the pickpocket example, chase him, which would give you a chance to describe the setting. e.g., he chased the picketpocket down the cobbled streets, past a taylor...etc, I have no clue about Victorian London. :P

[muselolita.livejournal.com]

This could definitely be a possibility. Thanks!