The Blue Castle · Character
Aunt Isabel
Valancy's critical, gossipy aunt who often visits the family.
minor
Also known as Isabel
First appearance: ii
Aunt Isabel's tie to Valancy Stirling is one of the pressures that moves The Blue Castle—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Aunt Isabel criticizes Valancy's thinness and decrees that Barney Snaith's dislike of cats shows something wrong with him.
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family · negative
Aunt Isabel is Valancy's meddling, gossipy aunt who reinforces the family's oppressive… How this plays out →
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