# Effie Longstaff — The Good Companions character guide

> Effie Longstaff in The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Effie, Miss Effie Longstaff, Longstaff

**First appearance:** 0033-i-in-which-they-all-become-good-companions

## Who they are

Elsie's sister, another young woman in the chorus.

## Relationships

### [Elizabeth Trant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/characters/elizabeth_trant)

_social_

Effie and Elizabeth are acquaintances through the Longstaff family, with Effie often being a source of minor irritation to Elizabeth.

### [Elizabeth Trant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/characters/elizabeth_trant)

_social_

Effie and Elizabeth are acquaintances through the Longstaff family, with Effie often being a source of minor irritation to Elizabeth.

### [Elizabeth Trant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/characters/elizabeth_trant)

_social_

Effie and Elizabeth are acquaintances through the Longstaff family, with Effie often being a source of minor irritation to Elizabeth.

## In the story

### [Miss Trant Is Almost a Second Columbus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v-miss-trant-is-almost-a-second-columbus)

Mistakes Miss Trant for Mrs. Tipstead; shares her distress over Eric Tipstead's affair and her own loneliness.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii)

Effie is the woman Eric Tipstead ran away with; she is flamboyant, sentimental, and confides in Miss Trant about her relationship with Tipstead.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iv)

Effie sent a letter with Miss Trant and contributed money for Elsie's journey.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i)

Recipient of Elsie's letter, mentioned as a sister and former colleague.

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