Short Fiction · Character
Moll Rial
A woman who has a strange adventure with a fairy piper.
minor
Also known as Mary
First appearance: Moll Rial's Adventure
Moll Rial shows up with force in The Child That Went with the Fairies. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Widow Mary Ryan, mother of the lost child Billy, who lives in a cabin near Lisnavoura.
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In The Child That Went with the Fairies: Widow Mary Ryan, mother of the lost child Billy, who lives in a cabin near Lisnavoura. Later, in The White Cat of Drumgunniol: Molly, the woman who screams at the wake, claiming…
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- Other
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- Dark family secrets
- Carmilla story figures
- Ghost story narrators
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it marks the psychological peak of the narrator's horror and the r…
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