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Weeks

An American expatriate in Philip's Paris circle whose patient, probing intelligence turns every casual conversation into a debate about art, religion, and how to live.

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Weeks drifts through the same studios and cheap restaurants as Philip, an outsider twice over — American among the English, thinker among the painters. He argues without heat, listens harder than anyone else, and treats…

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EMEdward ManningMWMiss WilkinsonFCFräulein CäciliePCPhilip CareyHAHaywardWEWeeks

Relationship types

  • Friendship
  • Other

Character groups

  • Heidelberg and Blackstable Circle
  • Philip's Romantic and Professional Circles
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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