Bertram Cope’s Year · Character
Hortense Dunton
A well-connected young woman whose silent scorn for the impecunious Cope masks her own provincial anxieties about family, money, and social arrival.
supporting
Also known as Hortense, dear Hortense
First appearance: i cope at a college tea
As a supporting figure in Bertram Cope’s Year, Hortense Dunton is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Hortense moves through Churchton society armed with irony and a keen eye for the difference between the staid older generation and the brilliant younger one. Her contempt for Cope becomes boundless once a dashing,…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Social
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Cope's social circle
- Peripheral household figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the emotional and psychological peak of Randolph's disill…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Bertram Cope
romantic · ambivalent
Hortense Dunton is romantically attracted to Bertram Cope, but he remains emotionally… How this plays out →
- Medora Phillips
social · ambivalent
- Basil Randolph
social · ambivalent
- Carolyn Thorpe
rivalry · negative
- Amy Leffingwell
friendship · ambivalent
- Medora Phillips
social · ambivalent
- Bertram Cope
romantic · ambivalent
Hortense Dunton is romantically attracted to Bertram Cope, but he remains emotionally… How this plays out →
- Bertram Cope
romantic · ambivalent
Hortense Dunton is romantically attracted to Bertram Cope, but he remains emotionally… How this plays out →
- Basil Randolph
social · ambivalent
- Medora Phillips
social · ambivalent
- Basil Randolph
social · ambivalent
- Amy Leffingwell
friendship · ambivalent
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Hortense Dunton appears across 17 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- II: Cope Makes a Sunday Afternoon Call
- III: Cope Is "Entertained"
- VI: Cope Dines—and Tells About It
- X: Cope at His House Party
- XI: Cope Enlivens the Country
- XIII: Cope Dines Again—and Stays After
- Cope Makes an Evasion
- XVII: Cope Among Crosscurrents
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