Short Fiction · Character
Jim Sulivan
A man presumed dead in a snowstorm who returns to find his wife already three days widowed, consoled, and courted.
supporting
Also known as Jim, Jim kem, James
First appearance: jim sulivan s adventures in the great snow
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Jim Sulivan is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Little brother Jim who sees the white cat three weeks before his death.
His absence during a great snow sets the whole comedy in motion: his wife Nell spends the night lamenting him as a dissipated bliggard safely in glory, and by morning the servants are digging a corpse out of the quarry. The body is a stranger's, dressed just like Jim and beaten past recognition, and it is waked and buried as his own while the neighbours make what diversion they can. When Jim finally walks back into this tangle of mourning, remarriage plans, and mistaken identity, the story's engine is his living face arriving where his grave already is.
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- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Nell Gorman
romantic · positive
Jim Sulivan and Nell Gorman share a romantic bond, likely the same couple as Jim… How this plays out →
- Nell Gorman
romantic · positive
Jim Sulivan and Nell Gorman share a romantic bond, likely the same couple as Jim… How this plays out →
- Nell Gorman
romantic · positive
Jim Sulivan and Nell Gorman share a romantic bond, likely the same couple as Jim… How this plays out →
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