# Alwyn Hill — Short Fiction character guide

> Alwyn Hill in Short Fiction by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Alwyn Hill, Alwyn, young Mr. Hill, Alwyn Hill, The wretched Alwyn, Mr. Hill, the puzzled and distracted Alwyn, Hill

**First appearance:** 0002-destiny-and-a-blue-cloak

## Snapshot

A young man whose romantic schemes go awry, leaving him bewildered and distracted as he navigates the wreckage of his own hopeful plans.

## Who they are

Alwyn Hill moves through Hardy's Wessex as a figure of thwarted intention, a man whose carefully laid romantic designs collapse into confusion. His story turns on the gap between what he intends and what actually unfolds, a tension Hardy renders with characteristic irony. He matters because his predicament exposes how little control individuals have over the narratives they try to author for themselves.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/xvii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Dame the Ninth: The Duchess of Hamptonshire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/dame-the-ninth)

The handsome young curate who falls in love with Emmeline Oldbourne. He is forced to leave the parish after her father discovers their attachment, and later returns after the Duke's death, hoping to reunite with her.

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