Short Fiction · Character
Mary
Darnell's wife, whose quiet presence beneath the mulberry tree opens for him a world of secret woods and winding rivers beyond Shepherd's Bush.
supporting
Also known as Aunt Marian, Marian
First appearance: The Great God Pan
As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Mary is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The young woman subjected to Raymond's experiment, left mentally and physically destroyed.
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Mary sits hand in hand with Darnell in the dusk, and as the ugly walls of Shepherd's Bush dissolve into shadow, she seems to know something of the secret of the wood and the valley shut in by high hills. Her relations…
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Relationship types
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- White People Narratives
- Supernatural and Terror Investigators
- Harlesden Strange Events
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Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Uncle Robert
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- Uncle Robert
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See Mary in The Great God PanIn the story
Mary appears across 10 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- The Great God Pan
- The Experiment
- II: Mr. Clarke's Memoirs
- IV: The Discovery in Paul Street
- The Fragments
- V
- The Spare Room
- II
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See Mary in The Great God Pan