The King in Yellow · Character
Reverend Joel Byram
A clergyman in The Repairer of Reputations.
minor
Also known as the Reverend Joel Byram, the Reverend Byram
First appearance: the repairer of reputations
Reverend Joel Byram shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The elderly family friend and guardian who chaperones Hastings and insists on a moral environment.
Reverend Joel Byram first appears in 0003 the repairer of reputations.
In I: The elderly family friend and guardian who chaperones Hastings and insists on a moral environment.
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- Parisian and medieval women
- Parisian artists and models
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