# Jacob Levy — Downstream character guide

> Jacob Levy in Downstream by Sigfrid Siwertz.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Levy, Mr. Levy, the insistent Levy

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i-the-cry

## Snapshot

An insistent moneylender who arrives with yellow roses and leaves having pulled Hedvig's stagnant fortune, and Hedvig herself, into the thrilling machinery of finance.

## Who they are

Levy is the outsider who talks his way past Hedvig's defences, mocking her moss-grown fortune as a fund for widows and orphans while offering her six percent instead of three and a half. His quick, purposeful assurance feels almost supernatural to her overcautious mind, and he answers her suspicious questions with such ardour that money becomes a medium she moves through rather than a wall around her. He matters because he tears the Selambs' cloistered world open to the wider, world-embracing egoism of business.

## Relationships

### [Hedvig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/hedvig)

_romantic_

Hedvig and Jacob Levy have a romantic connection, marked by significant emotional or dramatic exchanges.

### [Hedvig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/hedvig)

_romantic_

Hedvig and Jacob Levy have a romantic connection, marked by significant emotional or dramatic exchanges.

### [Hedvig](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/characters/hedvig)

_romantic_

Hedvig and Jacob Levy have a romantic connection, marked by significant emotional or dramatic exchanges.

## In the story

### [I: Laura Entertains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-i-laura-entertains)

A cool and calculating card player who wins back Stellan's winnings and takes Manne's I.O.U. He is interested in acquiring Kolsnäs.

### [III: The Angel of Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-the-angel-of-death)

Levy is the lawyer appointed by Hedvig on Laura's recommendation to manage her personal estate, including shares in Selambshof. Peter dislikes his supervision.

### [VII: Shadow Play](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-vii-shadow-play)

Levy is the aggressive, passionate lawyer who draws Hedvig into business and finance. He invites himself to dinner and dismisses her brother Peter's methods as old-fashioned, advocating instead for industrial shares.

### [IX: Peter's Tombstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-ii-ix-peter-s-tombstone)

Levy is appointed executor of Peter's will and uses the opportunity for revenge on Laura and Hedvig during the lawsuit.

## Links

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