Hadrian the Seventh · Character
Mrs. Crowe
Rose's former landlady, a chatty, status-conscious Englishwoman in Rome who finds herself oddly excluded from the Pope's indiscriminate charity.
supporting
Also known as XI Dear Mrs. Crowe
First appearance: i
As a supporting figure in Hadrian the Seventh, Mrs. Crowe is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Another member of the Liblab deputation, thrilled by her encounter with the Pope.
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Mrs. Crowe arrives in Rome expecting to bask in her old connection to George Arthur Rose, only to discover that the Pope's generosity flows to blind boys, weeping prostitutes, and threadbare strangers rather than to…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Papal court and allies
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
In this scene, Hadrian reaches an emotional and psychological peak by violently rejecting his own past efforts…
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- Jerry Sant
professional · ambivalent
A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. How this plays out →
- Pope Leo
social · ambivalent
- Father Dawkins
social · ambivalent
- Jerry Sant
professional · ambivalent
A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. How this plays out →
- Jerry Sant
professional · ambivalent
A servant-mistress relationship, with Mrs. How this plays out →
- Father Dawkins
social · ambivalent
- Pope Leo
social · ambivalent
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