# Margaret Donovan — Short Fiction character guide

> Margaret Donovan in Short Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Donovan, Donovan, Margaret, Miss Margaret Donovan

**First appearance:** 0206-i

## Who they are

A young woman who is a friend of the main character.

## In the story

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

Martha is the middle-aged servant who misplaced the War Department letter.

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

Margaret Donovan is the script girl, a friend of George's. She interacts with him briefly at the studio, discussing script changes.

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

Referenced as the sister of the young man who confronts George; she allegedly holds incriminating letters.

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

Margaret is the script girl who forged love letters implicating George, and he confronts her in her apartment.

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

Margaret Donovan has shot herself and is taken to St. Catherine's Hospital; George feels partly responsible.

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