# Ethel — Short Fiction character guide

> Ethel in Short Fiction by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

A female character with a limited but named presence.

## Relationships

### [Mr. Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/characters/mr_lucas)

_family_

Ethel and Mr. Lucas are likely daughter and father, with Ethel caring for or managing Mr. Lucas.

### [Mr. Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/characters/mr_lucas)

_family_

Ethel and Mr. Lucas are likely daughter and father, with Ethel caring for or managing Mr. Lucas.

### [Mr. Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/characters/mr_lucas)

_family_

Ethel and Mr. Lucas are likely daughter and father, with Ethel caring for or managing Mr. Lucas.

## In the story

### [The Road from Colonus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-road-from-colonus)

Mr. Lucas's practical daughter who insists they continue their journey, overriding his wishes.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/i)

Mr. Lucas's youngest daughter, who is devoted to caring for him and dismisses his plan to stay at Colonus as a joke.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/ii)

Listens to her father's complaints, manages his correspondence, and is shocked to discover their narrow escape from the Plataniste tragedy.

### [The Point of It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_13_se/chapters/the-point-of-it)

Michael's wife, who witnesses his transformation from vitality to weakness and grapples with the meaning of their shared life.

## Links

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