The Man in the Brown Suit · Character

Professor Beddingfeld

Anne's deceased father, an archaeologist whose work influences the plot.

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Also known as the late Professor Beddingfeld

First appearance: I

Professor Beddingfeld shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Anne's father, a famous but absent-minded scholar of primitive man; dies of pneumonia after a cave expedition.

Professor Beddingfeld first appears in 0003 i.

In I: Anne's father, a famous but absent-minded scholar of primitive man; dies of pneumonia after a cave expedition.

Later, in II: Anne's deceased father, a great scientist but poor businessman, whose death sets the story in motion.

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

This is the story's dramatic climax because it reveals the central deception—Harry is actually Lucas, not Eard…

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