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Robert Canler

A wealthy, polished suitor pressing for Jane Porter's hand, whose respectable surface conceals motives rather darker than his fortune suggests.

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Also known as Mr. Canler, Canler, Mr. Robert Canler

First appearance: xxvi the height of civilization

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Visits Professor Porter to pressure him into hastening Jane's marriage to him, expressing concern about Clayton's presence.
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Canler is the well-heeled American who wants to marry Jane, a match that would solve the Porter family's financial troubles and which Jane herself does not love. He moves through the civilized world of the novel with…

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TATarzanPPProfessor PorterJCJohn ClaytonRMReverend Mr. T…TOTobeyRCRobert Canler

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