Short Fiction · Character
Mr. Lucas
A character who experiences a haunting in a country house.
minor
Also known as poor Mr. Lucas
First appearance: an evening s entertainment
Mr. Lucas shows up with force in Letter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The curate visits the narrator; he has given up hope that the Rector is alive and shows limited emotional attachment.
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In Letter II: The curate visits the narrator; he has given up hope that the Rector is alive and shows limited emotional attachment. Later, in Letter IV: The clergyman who struggles to deliver a Christmas sermon that…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Supernatural Encounters
- Cursed Estates & Hauntings
- Supernatural Investigators & Victims
- Antiquaries & Treasure Seekers
- Disappearances & Haunted Houses
- Cursed Objects & Haunted Houses
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This letter marks the story’s dramatic climax because it delivers the emotional and psychological peak of unre…
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See Mr. Lucas in an evening s entertainment