Our American Cousin · Character
Augusta Mountchessington
The Mountchessington daughter who must feign enthusiasm for buffalo hunts and boundless prairies while privately confessing she is tired of admiring things she hates.
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Also known as Miss Augusta, Augusta Enthusiastically, Augusta, Enter Augusta, Miss Gusty, Miss Gusta, Augusta What, Augusta , L. 1 E., Augusta , L. 1 E. Mrs. Mountchessington, Augusta Delighted
First appearance: scene 1
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Augusta sits beside her mother in the drawing room, coached to flatter the newly arrived American heir with talk of Sam Slick and Indian dresses. She performs breathless wonder at Asa's supposed frontier life, but her…
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- Servants, creditors, and minor figures
- Trenchard family and associates
- Protagonist
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