Early Autumn · Character
Thérèse Callendar
Sabine's swarthy, clever, fiercely independent daughter, secretly in love with a man who has never really seen her.
supporting
Also known as Thérèse, the swarthy passionate Thérèse
First appearance: iii
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Sabine's daughter, introduced at the ball alongside Sybil, though she attracts little interest compared to her mother.
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Thérèse Callendar has carried Jean de Cyon as a private tragic romance since she was a schoolgirl in Saint-Cloud, writing him into her hidden diary and measuring every suitable young man against his image. She is too…
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- Other
Character groups
- Pentland Family Core
- Pentland Social Orbit
- Protagonist
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In this passage, Olivia reaches an emotional and psychological peak of isolation, realizing she is "completely…
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