Jacob's Room · Character
Mallinson
A friend of Jacob's from Cambridge.
minor
First appearance: iii
Mallinson shows up with force in XI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A little bald painter, drunk in the restaurant, argues about Velasquez and literature with Jacob and Cruttendon.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- London romantic entanglements
- Cornwall family circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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