Short Fiction · Character

Evelyn Beebe

A married beauty whose casual affair becomes a family crisis, exposing the cold machinery beneath polite society.

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Also known as Evelyn, Evie

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Evylyn Piper, the protagonist, whose life and emotions are intertwined with the cut-glass bowl.

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Evelyn Beebe is the kind of woman a family builds its reputation around, and Anson Hunter treats her as property to be managed when rumors of her affair with Cary Sloane begin to circulate. Cornered in her own living room, she and Sloane try to explain away a discharged maid's gossip, but Anson's patient pressure turns explanation into confession. Her empty marriage to Robert Hunter and her hunger for something more make her both sympathetic and culpable, and her unraveling is the engine of the story's moral inquiry.

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Social circles and charm
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Social climbers and romantics

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Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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The Cut-Glass Bowl
Evylyn Piper, the protagonist, whose life and emotions are intertwined with the cut-glass bowl.
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The beautiful Mrs. Harold Piper, who is ending her affair with Freddy Gedney and faces a confrontation with her husband.
II
Now thirty-five, Evylyn's beauty has faded; she is preoccupied with household management and her children, and feels the emotional barrier between herself and Harold since the Freddy Gedney affair.
III
Evylyn is the hostess of the dinner party, anxious about her husband's drinking and ultimately forced to tend to her daughter Julie's medical emergency.
IV
Now forty-six, Evylyn has lost her beauty and lives in a strained marriage with Harold, worrying about her children Donald and Julie.
The Four Fists
First fist: strikes Samuel after he publicly humiliates a girl at a dance.
IV
Wakes up disoriented, apologizes for her behavior, becomes excited about the new income, and then panics over losing a day and not finding her shoes; fears a nervous collapse.
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A lively girl whom Basil tries to recruit as the leading lady for his play.
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The lead actress, whose departure due to family plans devastates Basil.
III
Fellow actor who shares a peaceful kiss with Basil after the play; their relationship is marked by a lack of common ground.

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