Ghost Stories · Character
Mrs. Stanley
A woman who appears in a ghost story.
minor
Also known as Stanley
First appearance: the room in the tower
Mrs. Stanley shows up with force in Caterpillars. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Jim Stanley's wife; she tells the narrator about Inglis's cancer and the previous cancer case in the unoccupied room.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
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