Heartbreak House · Character
Nurse Guinness
The household's blunt, unsentimental nurse, who has known its secrets for decades and dispenses tea, judgment, and hard truths in equal measure.
supporting
Also known as Nurse Guinness, Nurse, Guinness, Nurse Guinness Grimly
First appearance: heartbreak house
As a supporting figure in Heartbreak House, Nurse Guinness is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
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Nurse Guinness moves through Heartbreak House with the authority of someone who has watched its inhabitants misbehave for years and has long since stopped being impressed. She speaks plainly where others perform, and…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- 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
professional · neutral
Nurse Guinness is the household servant who attends to Ellie with a mix of practicality… How this plays out →
- Hesione Hushabye
professional · neutral
- Ellie Dunn
professional · neutral
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