Moby-Dick · Character
Mrs. Hussey
The landlady of the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, who serves Ishmael and Queequeg excellent clam and cod chowder.
minor
First appearance: Chowder
Mrs. Hussey shows up with force in Breakfast. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Implied to be running the establishment where the breakfast is served, though not directly quoted in this excerpt.
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In Breakfast: Implied to be running the establishment where the breakfast is served, though not directly quoted in this excerpt. Later, in XIII: Wheelbarrow: Implied as the 'grinning landlord' (though Peter Coffin is…
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- Secondary and Land Characters
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- Pequod's Primary Company
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