Hudson River Bracketed · Character
Miss Elinor Lorburn
The aged, rheumatic mistress of the Willows, who frets over her decaying estate from a Stuyvesant Square house and calls everyone but herself 'poor.'
supporting
Also known as Miss Lorburn, old Miss Lorburn, Elinor Lorburn, Lorburn, Elinor, poor Elinor, Cousin Elinor
First appearance: iii
As a supporting figure in Hudson River Bracketed, Miss Elinor Lorburn is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The deceased owner of the house and library; her presence is felt through her books and portrait.
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Elinor Lorburn owns the Willows, the old Hudson River house that haunts Vance's imagination, though she can no longer keep an eye on it from her sickroom in Stuyvesant Square. Her world is peopled with relatives she…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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