Jacob's Room · Character
Archer Flanders
Jacob's younger brother.
minor
Also known as Archer
First appearance: I
Archer Flanders's tie to Jacob Flanders is one of the pressures that moves Jacob's Room—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Calls for Jacob on the beach; has trouble sleeping during the storm.
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With Jacob Flanders (family): Archer is Jacob's older brother, with whom he shares a bond of childhood memory and sibling loyalty, though they grow apart. With Jacob Flanders (family): Archer is Jacob's older brother,…
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- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Greek affair and travel
- Protagonist
- Durrant family circle
- Cornwall family circle
- Paris artistic milieu
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