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Sophia

A woman who writes another's love letters with such feeling that she falls in love with the man herself, weeping over a happiness she can only imagine.

supporting

Also known as Sophy

First appearance: destiny and a blue cloak

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Sophia is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The narrator's wife, whose enthusiasm for the new house wanes after initial intense involvement.
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Sophia inhabits the strange position of ghostwriter for her mistress's romance, composing tender letters to Raye that she feels more truly than the woman they are meant for. When Anna's pregnancy forces a crisis,…

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SHSam HobsonSJSir John GrebeCACarolineJWJack WinterLNLizzy NewberrySOSophia

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Complex Web of Love and Consequences
  • Romantic Entanglements and Consequences
  • Contested Affections
  • Protagonist

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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