The Cords of Vanity · Character

Alicia Wade

A young woman, a friend of the narrator.

minor

Also known as Wade, Alice

Alicia Wade shows up with force in He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House.'

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In He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play: Nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House.' Later, in III: She nicknames the narrator 'the…

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play
Nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House.'
III
She nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House,' a label that sticks.
VII: He Goes Mad in a Garden
Listed among the clever women at Charteris's house-party whom the narrator finds objectionable.
III
Mentioned as one of the clever, cynical women in Charteris's house-party whom the narrator finds objectionable.
II
Mentioned as one of the clever women from the narrator's world who would consider Elena a fool.

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