Bleak House · Character
Phil Squod
George's loyal, disfigured assistant at the shooting gallery.
minor
Also known as Phil
First appearance: Sharpshooters
Phil Squod shows up with force in Sharpshooters. The page is where that presence becomes real.
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In Sharpshooters: Mr. George's assistant; helps with chores and breakfast, and later carries Grandfather Smallweed to the cab. Later, in A Turn of the Screw: Present in the shooting gallery; announces Mrs. Bagnet's…
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- Other
Character groups
- Chancery and Mystery Core
- Secrets and the Underworld
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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