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The Mystery of Edwin Drood · Character

Bazzard

Clerk to Mr. Grewgious, with literary aspirations; appears at the office and later in Cloisterham.

minor

Also known as Mr. Bazzard, the Bazzard

First appearance: x smoothing the way

Bazzard shows up with force in A Picture and a Ring. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Present as a witness to the ring transaction, though he falls asleep and is later roused.
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Bazzard first appears in 0009 x smoothing the way.

In A Picture and a Ring: Present as a witness to the ring transaction, though he falls asleep and is later roused.

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5 connections

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MGMr. GrewgiousEDEdwin DroodRBRosa BudJCJack ChinamanJJJohn JasperBABazzard

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor and Peripheral Characters
  • Central Cloisterham Figures
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

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

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

The narrative climax occurs here because Crisparkle’s perception of Honeythunder’s “philanthropy” is violently…

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See Bazzard in x smoothing the way
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