In Literature
- The main character, Philip Carey, in W. Somerset Maugham's novel Of Human Bondage, has a club foot, a central theme in the work.
- Hippolyte Tautain, the stable man at the Lion D'Or public house in Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary is unsuccessfully treated for clubfoot by Charles Bovary, leading to the eventual amputation of his leg.
- Charlie Wilcox, the main character in Sharon McKay's novel Charlie Wilcox had a club foot.
- In Yukio Mishima's seminal novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion the character Kashiwagi has club feet which parallels the stutter of the main character, Mizoguchi.
- In David Eddings' Malloreon series, Senji the sorcerer has a club foot.
- In Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries series, a character called Vulcan the blacksmith appears in the book "The Secrets of Vesuvius". He reveals that he gained the nickname because of his club foot.
- In Bernard Cornwell's The Warlord Chronicles Mordred, King of Dumnonia, has a club foot that is often used as a symbol for his ugliness and weakness as a ruler.
- In Daniel Keyes's Flowers for Algernon Gimpy, one of Charlie's co-workers at the bakery, has a club foot.
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