Short Fiction · Character
Cotgrave
A curious gentleman who gathers the tale of the White People, treating each strange account as a Chinese box with stranger workmanship inside.
supporting
First appearance: The White People
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Cotgrave is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The narrator who receives the green book from Ambrose and reads the diary.
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Cotgrave moves through clubs and quiet rooms collecting stories that others would rather leave untold, and he listens to Herbert's narrative as proof rather than hearsay. His habit of thinking in nested boxes, each…
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Character groups
- Occult and Great Return
- Supernatural and Terror Investigators
- White People Narratives
- Harlesden Strange Events
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See Cotgrave in The White People