Heartbreak House · Character
Hector Hushabye
Hesione's impossibly handsome husband, a romantic fabulist who invents heroic identities and drifts through life as a beautiful, useless ornament.
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Also known as Hector, Hector Certainly, Hector The, Hector Bitterly, Hector Hushabye, Hector Randall Mrs. Hushabye, Hector Rising, Hector Alfred, Hector Mother, Mr. Hushabye
First appearance: heartbreak house
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Hector Hushabye is the kind of man women fall in love with on sight and men dismiss as a fraud—which he cheerfully admits to being. He spins tales of tigers and duels, plays at being a romantic hero, and declares the…
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- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Heartbreak House Inhabitants
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Ellie Dunn
romantic · ambivalent
Ellie is initially infatuated with Hector's romantic charm, but later sees through his… How this plays out →
- Hesione Hushabye
romantic · ambivalent
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