Short Fiction · Character
Mrs. Elliot
Hubert Elliot's wife, once a Boston tea-shop girl, who typed his poems, wanted a baby, and now sleeps beside her girl friend in the big medieval bed.
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Also known as Mr. and Mrs. Elliot
First appearance: Mr. and Mrs. Elliot
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mrs. Elliot is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Cornelia, a 40-year-old Southern woman who disintegrates under travel.
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Cornelia Elliot married Hubert after a dance in the back room of a shop, and the marriage has settled into a long, humid disappointment neither of them can name. She learned the touch system to type his manuscripts, but…
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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