Short Fiction · Character
Bessy Garrow
A Cornish beauty who resolves to love without worshipping, and to hide her heart's fox beneath unbroken smiles.
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Also known as Bessy, Now Bessy Garrow, poor Bessy, Miss Bessy
First appearance: malachi s cove
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Struggles with her pride and fear of happiness, refusing Godfrey Holmes's proposal for the third time despite loving him.
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Elizabeth Garrow is the quiet, fair-haired center of a Cornish love story, admired for her industry, self-denial, and religious purpose. Her flaw is a reverence for martyrdom: she guards herself so fiercely against…
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- Diverse Romantic & Comic Tales
- Dramatic Island Stories
- Alice Dugdale Story
- Rural Romance & Family
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Bessy Pryor’s internal struggle reaches its emotional and psychological peak as she wrestles with the conflict…
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