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Effie

A minor character.

minor

First appearance: a double story

Effie shows up with force in Port in a Storm. The page is where that presence becomes real.

One of the narrator's children, who corrects her father's dismissal of Sintram as nonsense.
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AMAnnie MelvilleKTKate ThornburyCOColinGRGrandmotherJAJacobEFEffie

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Character groups

  • Supporting and ensemble characters
  • Central narrative characters
  • Domestic and hardship characters
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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