# Mr. A. B. Hurd — Dodsworth character guide

> Mr. A. B. Hurd in Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hurd, Mr. Hurd, dear Mr. Hurd

**First appearance:** 0006-v

## Snapshot

A Revelation Motors colleague in London whom Sam enlists to trace the Pearsons' train, embodying the business world Sam keeps reaching back toward from Europe.

## Who they are

Hurd is the kind of practical, well-placed American abroad that Sam Dodsworth instinctively trusts — a man who can be telephoned in London and asked to snoop at the Savoy porter for a train schedule. He represents the orderly commercial network Sam built his life on, the world of motor shows and Guaranty Trust mail windows that still treats him as someone who matters. His brief usefulness to Sam's Paris surprise quietly measures how far the wanderer has drifted from the certainties of work and home.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/vi)

Manager of the London Revelation agency, mentioned as part of Sam's network in England.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/vii)

Sam's London agent; Fran dismisses him as a 'roughneck,' but Sam considers inviting him to dinner.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dodsworth_se/chapters/viii)

An American expatriate in London who tries to be helpful but is tactless and oblivious to Fran's disdain.

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