Indiscretions of Archie · Character
Vera Silverton
A spectacular actress who returns to the Hotel Hermitage each summer and longs for a front-page scandal to revive her stalled publicity.
supporting
Also known as Miss Silverton, Miss Vera Silverton, the spectacular Miss Silverton
First appearance: vi the bomb
As a supporting figure in Indiscretions of Archie, Vera Silverton is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The spectacular actress staying at the Hermitage; she asks Archie to remove a fly from her eye, causing tension with Lucille, and has abandoned George Benham's play.
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Vera occupies Archie's room by a desk-clerk mix-up and catches him hiding under her bed, but her real disappointment is that he isn't a burglar she can be photographed capturing. Her press agent is useless, her career…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Archie's social circle
- Protagonist
- Hotel regulars and family
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This scene is the dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of Washy’s internal…
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- Archie Moffam
romantic · ambivalent
Archie and Vera have a flirtatious past, creating occasional romantic tension and… How this plays out →
- George Benham
romantic · ambivalent
- Archie Moffam
romantic · ambivalent
Archie and Vera have a flirtatious past, creating occasional romantic tension and… How this plays out →
- George Benham
romantic · ambivalent
- Archie Moffam
romantic · ambivalent
Archie and Vera have a flirtatious past, creating occasional romantic tension and… How this plays out →
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See Vera Silverton in vi the bomb