Ghost Stories · Character
Dick Peveril
The handsome, laughing inheritor of Church-Peveril whose bloodstained acquisition of the estate seeds a haunting of two toddling children in the long gallery.
major
Also known as Dick, Alingham, Dick Alingham
First appearance: the room in the tower
As a major figure in Ghost Stories, Dick Peveril is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Historical figure who murdered the twin children in 1602 to inherit the estate.
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Handsome Dick Peveril wins Church-Peveril by a crime he never answers for in life, and dies within a year of enjoying it, his confession unfinished and his spirit unabsolved. From the night of his death, the long…
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See Dick Peveril in the room in the towerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
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