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Rollo

A young man whose name is a source of social awkwardness.

minor

First appearance: the baker s dozen

Rollo shows up with force in The Strategist. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The protagonist who strategizes to survive the party against the Wrotsley brothers and their cousin.
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In The Strategist: The protagonist who strategizes to survive the party against the Wrotsley brothers and their cousin. Later, in Mrs. Pendercoet's Lost Identity: An eighteen-year-old who flippantly suggests Mrs.

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Character Web

6 connections

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MPMrs. Peter Pig…EMEmilyTYTom YorkfieldLDLady DrakmantonTOTobermoryRORollo

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Diverse social dramas and oddities
  • Socially overwhelmed characters
  • Blood feud participants
  • Social confusion catalysts

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This excerpt is the story's dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of Egbert…

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