# Dear Mrs. Equitone — Poetry character guide

> Dear Mrs. Equitone in Poetry by T. S. Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0035-iii-the-fire-sermon

## Who they are

A correspondent in The Waste Land, addressed in a letter about spiritualism.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Dear Mrs. Equitone is likely a client or correspondent of the narrator, addressed in a formal, businesslike tone.

## In the story

### [The Waste Land](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/the-waste-land)

A recipient of the horoscope from Madame Sosostris, mentioned in the tarot reading scene.

### [I: The Burial of the Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_21_se/chapters/i-the-burial-of-the-dead)

Mentioned as the recipient of the horoscope that Madame Sosostris asks the narrator to deliver.

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