The Cords of Vanity · Character

Celia Reindan

A young woman, a friend of the narrator.

minor

Also known as Celia

Celia Reindan shows up with force in XII: He Faces Himself and Remembers. The page is where that presence becomes real.

First met by the narrator on the voyage home; dismissed as a silly little nuisance.

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

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XII: He Faces Himself and Remembers
First met by the narrator on the voyage home; dismissed as a silly little nuisance.
VI
First met on the trip homeward; initially considered a silly little nuisance.
He Decides to Amuse Himself
The narrator's vulgar affair partner; noted for her yellow hair, book-fed sentimentality, and unbridled temper.
III
The narrator diverts himself with her while in Lichfield.
IV
The woman with extraordinary yellow hair involved in the affair.
II
Mentioned as a woman who preferred Teddy Anstruther over the narrator.

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