# The Narrator (Jimmy Rose) — Short Fiction character guide

> The Narrator (Jimmy Rose) in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Unknown, the man, this man

**First appearance:** 0024-jimmy-rose

## Who they are

A friend who remembers the decline of the once-prosperous Jimmy Rose.

## In the story

### [Jimmy Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_28_se/chapters/jimmy-rose)

An old man who inherits a grand old house and reflects on the life and decline of Jimmy Rose.

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