Short Fiction · Character
Mrs. Pyneweck
The widow of a man hanged on tainted evidence, she haunts the judge who condemned him and will not let the case rest.
supporting
Also known as Pyneweck
First appearance: III: Lewis Pyneweck
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mrs. Pyneweck is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The ill-favored old woman who takes the narrator's rings and leads him to the house, later seen at the bedside.
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Mrs. Pyneweck is the wronged woman at the edge of the legal world, her husband's execution a stain on the conscience of Mr. Justice Harbottle. She does not simply grieve; she pursues, and her persistence turns a closed…
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- Diverse ghostly witnesses
- Protagonist
- Ghost story narrators
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Mrs. Pyneweck in III: Lewis Pyneweck