# Harold Piper — Short Fiction character guide

> Harold Piper in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the beautiful Mrs. Harold Piper, Mrs. Piper, Harold, Piper, Harry

**First appearance:** 0056-the-cut-glass-bowl

## Who they are

A young man whose wife is the center of social attention.

## In the story

### [The Cut-Glass Bowl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/the-cut-glass-bowl)

Evylyn's husband, whose relationship with her is strained and marked by conflict.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/i)

Evylyn's husband, who discovers Gedney hiding in the dining room and reacts with shock and bitterness.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/ii)

Arrives home jovial but slightly drunk; announces the merger of his hardware business with Clarence Ahearn's firm, which will rename the company 'The Ahearn, Piper Company.'

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iii)

Harold is Evylyn's husband, who becomes intoxicated during the dinner party, makes embarrassing remarks, and later learns of his daughter's blood poisoning.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Harold is Evylyn's husband, described as a disappointed man; he goes upstairs after the bridge game.

### [The Four Fists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/the-four-fists)

Fourth fist: strikes Samuel for his callous treatment of a woman in distress.

### [Jacob’s Ladder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/jacob-s-ladder)

Influences the social dynamics and Jacob's perceptions.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned as being in despair when Vienna and Dolly disappear together at the club dances.

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