Alice Adams · Character
Charley Lohr
A local businessman and friend of Walter Adams.
minor
Also known as Old Charley Lohr, Lohr, Charley, Old Charley
First appearance: ii
Charley Lohr's tie to Alice Adams is one of the pressures that moves Alice Adams—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Old friend and fellow former employee of Lamb and Company; Adams visits him and Lohr later remarks to his wife that Adams seems changed.
Charley Lohr first appears in 0001 ii.
With Alice Adams (social): Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic option she has rejected. With Alice Adams (social): Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic option she has rejected. With Alice Adams (social): Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic option she has rejected.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Alice's Social Circle
- Protagonist
- Town's Peripheral Figures
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social · ambivalent
Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic… How this plays out →
- Alice Adams
social · ambivalent
Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic… How this plays out →
- Alice Adams
social · ambivalent
Charley Lohr is a former suitor of Alice, representing a simpler, less ambitious romantic… How this plays out →
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See Charley Lohr in ii