Short Fiction · Character
Miss Ophelia Gledd
A Boston heiress turned merchant's daughter who keeps her sovereignty intact though the money that bought it is gone.
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Also known as Miss Ophelia, Ophelia Gledd, Miss Gledd, Ophelia
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The central figure of the chapter; a Bostonian young lady whose ladyship is debated.
Ophelia Gledd is an only child who once opened her campaign as a rich merchant's daughter and now moves through Boston society with the same exigeant manner though her father's fortune has failed. She goes alone to balls, lectures, and political debates, holding authority in her mother's house and refusing to let poverty alter her bearing. Her proud composure and enquiring spirit make her a striking American original, and her travels and opinions drive the story's transatlantic encounters.
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- Humorous Mistaken Identity
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