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Miss Curdy
A light-skinned woman who claims to know 'real society' from the inside, Miss Curdy matches wits with Lavinia over what the servant window reveals.
supporting
First appearance: xiv interlude
As a supporting figure in Home to Harlem, Miss Curdy is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A guest at the party who is attracted to Jake and tries to get his attention.
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Miss Curdy holds her own in the kitchen-table philosophy of Harlem's working women, insisting she has 'seen the real life, mixing as I used to in real society.' When Lavinia counters that she knows society too — only…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Harlem Nightlife Core
- Protagonist
- Rival and Foil
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs when the narrator, stripped of his last private space and forced into a crowded, sha…
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See Miss Curdy in xiv interlude