# Carrington Harris — Short Fiction character guide

> Carrington Harris in Short Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Carrington, Harris

**First appearance:** 0080-the-shunned-house

## Who they are

A man who tells the story of the shunned house.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/ii)

Last of the male line of the Harris family; he knew the shunned house only as a deserted and picturesque center of legend until the narrator told him of his experience, after which he decided to let it stand and rent it.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iii)

Present owner of the shunned house, with whom the narrator spoke after his experience.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iii)

Elderly former owner of the house, interviewed by the narrator before his death in 1916.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/iv)

Owner of the shunned house, notified of the vigil and later informed of the events.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_26_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as the owner of a painting of Mercy Dexter and later as the renter of the shunned house.

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