The Cream of the Jest · Character
Beatricê Cenci
A historical figure appearing in Kennaston's imaginative sequences.
minor
Also known as Beatricê
First appearance: xxxiii horvendile to ettarre in the conciergerie
Beatricê Cenci shows up with force in XI: How There Was a Light in the Fog. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referenced as the subject of a portrait that haunted Kennaston's childhood dreams.
Beatricê Cenci first appears in 0039 xxxiii horvendile to ettarre in the conciergerie.
In XI: How There Was a Light in the Fog: Referenced as the subject of a portrait that haunted Kennaston's childhood dreams.
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See Beatricê Cenci in xxxiii horvendile to ettarre in the conciergerie