The Old Wives’ Tale · Character
Jacqueline
A maid at the Pension Frensham in Paris.
minor
Also known as Usually Jacqueline
First appearance: I: Frensham’s
Jacqueline shows up with force in I: Frensham’s. The page is where that presence becomes real.
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In I: Frensham’s: Employee who informs Mr. Mardon of Sophia's health…
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- Other
Character groups
- Minor and background characters
- Protagonist
- Sophia's Paris circle
- Bursley shop and family
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In this excerpt, Sophia reaches an emotional and psychological low point of apathy and entrapment, loathing he…
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