Short Fiction · Character

Lorison

A young man in the Alps who trades an edelweiss for a stranger's gentians, then finds his mountain idyll colliding with a businesslike society wedding.

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First appearance: lord oakhurst s curse

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Protagonist who marries impulsively and is abandoned by his bride; struggles with perspective and jealousy.

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Lorison moves between two worlds in O. Henry's alpine tale: the sunburned chamois hunter singing Bavarian fragments on a gorge path, and the polite groom-elect of a Van Winkler–Vance merger arranged without love. His wordless exchange of flowers with a golden-haired peasant girl is the story's warm center, set against the cold arithmetic of five million dollars and ancient lineage. That split — impulse versus arrangement — is what the early arc turns on.

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Character Web

13 connections

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Relationship types

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Character groups

Diverse ensemble of recurring types
Outlaws and distinctive figures
Con artists and schemers
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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Lorison appears across 10 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

One Thousand Dollars
Not present in this chapter.
The Rathskeller and the Rose
Not present in this chapter.
The Making of a New Yorker
Not present in this chapter.
An Adjustment of Nature
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Blind Man's Holiday
Protagonist who marries impulsively and is abandoned by his bride; struggles with perspective and jealousy.
The Handbook of Hymen
Not present in this chapter.
Calloway's Code
Not directly present; the story focuses on the Enterprise staff.
Proof of the Pudding
Not present in this chapter.
No Story
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A Poor Rule
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