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Stephen Wingate

A business associate of Cowperwood.

minor

Also known as Wingate

First appearance: vii

Stephen Wingate shows up with force in Chapter XLVII. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A small broker who agrees to act as Cowperwood's silent partner and dummy on the stock exchange, hoping to benefit from the association.
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In Chapter XLVII: A small broker who agrees to act as Cowperwood's silent partner and dummy on the stock exchange, hoping to benefit from the association. Later, in Chapter LV: Cowperwood gives him a letter to mail to…

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JZJoseph ZimmermanWCW. C. DavisonCBCallum ButlerSSSister SemproniaMCMr. ChapinSWStephen Wingate

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Cowperwood's inner circle
  • Extended cast and background figures
  • Minor family and clerks

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Stephen Wingate in vii