Honeycomb · Character

Mrs. Corrie

Trailing through rooms in amber satin like a nun, Mrs. Corrie coaxes Miriam downstairs to the fun while hiding a sketchbook that haunts her governess's imagination.

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Also known as Corrie

First appearance: I

As a major figure in Honeycomb, Mrs. Corrie is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Welcomes Miriam warmly, discusses the children and the psychic Mélie, and shows a playful yet demanding personality.

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Mrs. Corrie presides over the Corrie household with a plaintive warmth, urging Miriam to abandon her lonely room and join the revelry below. Her little sketchbook lingers in Miriam's mind as evidence of a life she might have — a private creative self — and her casual kindness, 'Let the poor thing rest when she can,' sits oddly beside her insistence that Miriam come down and see the fun. She is the household's soft pressure, the force that pulls Miriam out of solitude and into the complicated social world of Newlands.

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Miriam
psychological · ambivalent
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. How this plays out →
Mr. Staple-Craven
professional · negative
Joey
psychological · negative
Wiggerson
rivalry · negative
Eve
social · ambivalent
Sybil
psychological · negative
Miriam
psychological · ambivalent
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. How this plays out →
Miriam
psychological · ambivalent
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. How this plays out →
Mr. Staple-Craven
professional · negative
Mr. Staple-Craven
professional · negative
Wiggerson
rivalry · negative
Sybil
psychological · negative

Miriam
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. Corrie, viewing her as a maternal figure and object of fixation, while Mrs. Corrie remains aloof and manipulative.
Mr. Staple-Craven
Mr. Staple-Craven is a colleague or business associate of Mrs. Corrie, with a formal and somewhat adversarial dynamic.
Joey
Joey is drawn into Mrs. Corrie's orbit as a pawn in her manipulations, feeling both attraction and resentment.
Wiggerson
Mrs. Corrie and Wiggerson are locked in a quiet power struggle, each trying to undermine the other's influence.
Eve
Eve is a social acquaintance of Mrs. Corrie, maintaining polite distance due to Mrs. Corrie's intimidating nature.
Sybil
Mrs. Corrie manipulates Sybil as a tool in her schemes, fostering dependency and fear.
Miriam
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. Corrie, viewing her as a maternal figure and object of fixation, while Mrs. Corrie remains aloof and manipulative.
Miriam
Miriam is deeply obsessed with Mrs. Corrie, viewing her as a maternal figure and object of fixation, while Mrs. Corrie remains aloof and manipulative.
Mr. Staple-Craven
Mr. Staple-Craven is a colleague or business associate of Mrs. Corrie, with a formal and somewhat adversarial dynamic.
Mr. Staple-Craven
Mr. Staple-Craven is a colleague or business associate of Mrs. Corrie, with a formal and somewhat adversarial dynamic.
Wiggerson
Mrs. Corrie and Wiggerson are locked in a quiet power struggle, each trying to undermine the other's influence.
Sybil
Mrs. Corrie manipulates Sybil as a tool in her schemes, fostering dependency and fear.

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I
Welcomes Miriam warmly, discusses the children and the psychic Mélie, and shows a playful yet demanding personality.
II
Mrs. Corrie leads the chaotic family sing-along, forcing the children to dance and sing with little regard for musicality.
III
Sings about stars and money; teases Miriam about marriage; shows a sad, white face while listening to music; manages the household with laughter and phrases.
IV
Appears in the schoolroom, caressing the children, and is described as 'dead and drowned' during Mrs. Kronen's singing.
V
Excited about the hat shopping trip and tea at Mrs. Kronen's; dismissive of theatre and marriage, advising Miriam to wait for a wealthy husband.
VII
Decides to spend hat money on sketching lessons for the household, showing her influence over Miriam's activities.
VIII
Preoccupied with a horrible secret she refuses to share with Miriam; gives Miriam a cabinet photograph and instructs Kate to let Miriam rest.
IX
Pressures Miriam to join the weekend party, appearing as a 'nun in amber satin' and giving her lilies of the valley.

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