How the Other Half Lives · Character
Mary Ann
An older female character, possibly a tenant or street figure.
minor
Also known as Ann, Old Ann
First appearance: xiv the common herd
Mary Ann shows up with force in IV: The Downtown Back-Alleys. The page is where that presence becomes real.
An old dame who looked in while the narrator was exploring under Double Alley and spoke about 'Jimmy' using the sewers.
Mary Ann first appears in 0018 xiv the common herd.
In IV: The Downtown Back-Alleys: An old dame who looked in while the narrator was exploring under Double Alley and spoke about 'Jimmy' using the sewers.
Later, in XX: The Working Girls of New York: One of two elderly Irish lace embroiderers; stricken with paralysis on Christmas Eve, leaving her crippled sister and herself facing starvation or the poorhouse.
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- Other
Character groups
- Authority Figures and Ethnic Types
- Protagonist
- Tenement Inhabitants and Reformers
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Mary Ann in xiv the common herd