# Imogene Bissel — Short Fiction character guide

> Imogene Bissel in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Imogene, the beautiful Imogene Bissel

**First appearance:** 0035-bernice-bobs-her-hair

## Snapshot

The beautiful Imogene Bissel moves through wealthy Baltimore society as the kind of girl Anson Hunter can pursue, charm, and lose without ever quite possessing.

## Who they are

Imogene belongs to the glittering social set whose marriages, scandals, and reputations Anson Hunter treats as his personal jurisdiction. She becomes entangled with Anson's circle at the moment his control over his sister Edna's affair is fraying, and her presence sharpens the contrast between his romantic authority and his emotional emptiness. Her beauty and availability make her both a prize and a mirror, showing how Anson's need to dominate women quietly ruins whatever tenderness he might have offered.

## Relationships

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_romantic_

Basil is infatuated with the popular Imogene, experiencing the pangs of adolescent romantic pursuit and rejection.

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_romantic_

Basil is infatuated with the popular Imogene, experiencing the pangs of adolescent romantic pursuit and rejection.

### [Basil Duke Lee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/characters/basil_duke_lee)

_romantic_

Basil is infatuated with the popular Imogene, experiencing the pangs of adolescent romantic pursuit and rejection.

## In the story

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

A thirteen-year-old girl just back from Europe, with large brown eyes and a gnome-like face; Basil becomes infatuated with her.

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

Basil's crush, who is captivated by Hubert Blair's antics and chooses to leave with him.

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

Briefly recalled as 'washed out' from Basil's mind during the storm.

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

Mentioned as the person Hubert believes called him, but the call was actually a decoy by Basil.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/v)

Thirteen-year-old Imogene is the hostess of the evening, initially bored but then annoyed by Basil's interference and Hubert's tall tale.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_16_se/chapters/vi)

Basil's former infatuation; he now sees her as just a familiar little girl.

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

A dark little beauty and the most popular girl in the crowd; she names Basil as her favorite boy during the game of Truth.

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

Basil's romantic interest who becomes distant and dismissive, influenced by rumors about Basil's conceit.

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

Waves at Basil from her house and joins him for a ride in the electric car.

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

Considered for the leading lady role but is said to be sick.

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