# Ambrose — Short Fiction character guide

> Ambrose in Short Fiction by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ambrose the recluse

**First appearance:** 0015-the-white-people

## Who they are

A reclusive man who writes about the occult.

## In the story

### [The White People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/the-white-people)

The recluse who gives the narrator the green book containing the diary of the white people.

### [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/prologue)

The recluse who expounds on the esoteric nature of true evil and produces a green pocketbook as an illustration.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/epilogue)

The recluse who interprets the manuscript, explains the occult processes, and recounts finding the girl dead before the statue, which he later destroyed.

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