A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder · Character
Polley Reed
A sailor on the expedition who survives the initial shipwreck.
minor
First appearance: ii adrift in the antarctic ocean
Polley Reed shows up with force in III: A World of Fire and Desolation. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the wife of the dead sailor; her letter is found and read.
Polley Reed first appears in 0001 ii adrift in the antarctic ocean.
In III: A World of Fire and Desolation: Mentioned as the wife of the dead sailor; her letter is found and read.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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