Hay Fever · Character
David Bliss
Judith's novelist husband, pleasantly marooned in his study while his family stages dramas he neither notices nor quite escapes.
major
Also known as David, David Rising, David Do, David The Sinful Woman, David Reading, David Smug
First appearance: hay fever
As a major figure in Hay Fever, David Bliss is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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David presides over a house strewn with his son's cartoons and his wife's theatrics, but his real address is the library and whatever book he is writing. He surfaces mainly to complain that everybody talks too much,…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Main House Party Guests
- Minor Offstage Characters
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Breaking point
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- Judith Bliss
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- Sorel Bliss
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