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Caleb

An older servant or retainer, providing local color and information.

minor

Also known as old Caleb

First appearance: i

Caleb shows up with force in Jack. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A blind old man, once a skilled workman, who lost his sight in a factory fire.
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Character Web

6 connections

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JAJackLHLord HardcastleTDThe DoctorMAMattieFVFrank VarleyCACaleb

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Servant retainers
  • Central mystery circle
  • Harley academic circle

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

Amy Warden’s psychological peak occurs when she reads the foreign-hand letter on the Dunwich road, a moment th…

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See Caleb in i