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Jack Winter

A young man whose romantic prospects hang on a hurried London wedding amid butchers' blouses and a curate's east-wind toothache.

supporting

Also known as Jack, Winter, young Jack, plain Jack, Dear Jack, Johnny, little Johnny

First appearance: destiny and a blue cloak

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Jack Winter moves through the crowded London streets beside Rosalys toward a registry-office marriage, his coolness about the fifteen-day residence a small sign of how lightly he takes the gravity she feels. The church…

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PHPhilippaSDSquire DornellDODorothyHPHarriet PalmleyAPAgatha PollinJWJack Winter

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Contested Affections
  • Secrets and Strange Events
  • Past Resurfaces Dramatically
  • Complex Web of Love and Consequences
  • Romantic Misunderstandings and Dilemmas

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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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