Of Human Bondage · Character
Jacobs
A buyer at Lynn's department store.
minor
Also known as Mr. Jacobs
First appearance: lii
Jacobs shows up with force in LXXXIV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The assistant-surgeon who uses Philip's clubfoot as a teaching demonstration, causing Philip deep humiliation.
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