# Mr. Darnell — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Darnell in Short Fiction by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Mr. Darnell, Darnell

**First appearance:** 0019-a-fragment-of-life

## Who they are

The father of Edward Darnell, a figure in the family.

## In the story

### [The Green Book](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/the-green-book)

The father of the child narrator; he dismisses the nurse's fairy tales as 'rubbish' and scolds her for telling such stories.

### [A Fragment of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_6_se/chapters/a-fragment-of-life)

Edward's father, a figure from the past who influences Edward's sense of duty and memory.

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