Of Human Bondage · Character
Mr. Turner
A fellow clerk at the accounting firm.
minor
Also known as Turner
First appearance: l
Mr. Turner shows up with force in Chapter XVI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Also known as 'Tar,' he is one of the masters affected by Mr.
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In Chapter XVI: Also known as 'Tar,' he is one of the masters affected by Mr. Perkins' class-swapping innovation and finds it undignified. Later, in XVII: Turner, nicknamed Tar, is the most vivacious of the old…
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