# Flossie Cabanis — Spoon River Anthology character guide

> Flossie Cabanis in Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0037-flossie-cabanis

## Who they are

A flirtatious girl who dies young, leaving behind a legacy of gossip.

## Relationships

### [Thomas Rhodes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/characters/thomas_rhodes)

_romantic_

Flossie Cabanis was Thomas Rhodes' mistress, their affair marked by secrecy and social hypocrisy.

### [John Allen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/characters/john_allen)

_social_

Flossie Cabanis and John Allen were acquaintances who moved in different social circles, aware of each other's secrets.

## In the story

### [Flossie Cabanis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/flossie-cabanis)

The speaker and subject of the epitaph, reflecting on her failed Broadway dreams and her lonely death.

### [The Spooniad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/spoon_river_anthology_se/chapters/the-spooniad)

Daughter of John Cabanis, whose return with a troupe of players and provocative dance sparks the town's conflict.

## Links

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