The Three Impostors · Character
Frank Burton
A young man drawn into the hunt for a missing brother, trading descriptions of a pale spectacled stranger with the amateur detectives.
supporting
Also known as Francis, Burton
First appearance: adventure of the missing brother
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Narrator of the embedded story; recounts his encounter with Mr.
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Frank Burton moves through the narrative as both witness and participant, comparing notes with Dyson on the nervous young man in large spectacles who seems to be everywhere and nowhere. His account of the man tallies…
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- Strange maladies and missing brother
- Protagonist
- Cradock family and associates
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