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Mr. Miles

The local minister whose moral presence and the revival tent's harsh code shadow Charity's private choices long after the evangelist has moved on.

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Also known as Miles

First appearance: ii

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Mr. Miles belongs to the village's official conscience, the church-and-community order that defines respectability in North Dormer and quietly measures who is inside it. His world is the one whose judgment Charity…

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See Mr. Miles in ii

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BFBen FryOVOld Verena MarshCRCharity RoyallLHLucius HarneyLHLiff HyattMMMr. Miles

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Mountain and moral figures
  • Town and mountain background
  • Charity's social circle
  • Protagonist

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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this scene, Charity reaches an emotional and psychological peak as she confronts the vast, unbridgeable dis…

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See Mr. Miles in ii