The Turmoil · Character
Edith Sheridan
The youngest Sheridan daughter, whose forbidden passion for the unacceptable Lamhorn turns her father's opposition into the very fuel that feeds her love.
supporting
Also known as Edie, Edith, Sheridan, Poor Edith, little Edith, Edith Sheridan, Edith Lamhorn
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As a supporting figure in The Turmoil, Edith Sheridan is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Bibbs's sister, mentioned in the context of family tensions.
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Edith fights her father every other evening and keeps her bed between times so he can see what his violence has done to her, then extracts a cheque and a trip to New York under the guise of forgetting. She is not gentle…
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Relationship types
- Family
- Friendship
- Other
Character groups
- Sheridan Family Circle
- Symbolic and Minor Figures
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This passage marks the narrative climax because Bibbs reaches an emotional and psychological peak by articulat…
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- Sibyl Sheridan
family · positive
Edith and her sister-in-law Sibyl are close friends and allies within the Sheridan… How this plays out →
- Roscoe Sheridan
family · ambivalent
- Mary Vertrees
friendship · positive
- Robert Lamhorn
social · negative
- Sibyl Sheridan
family · positive
Edith and her sister-in-law Sibyl are close friends and allies within the Sheridan… How this plays out →
- Mary Vertrees
friendship · positive
- Sibyl Sheridan
family · positive
Edith and her sister-in-law Sibyl are close friends and allies within the Sheridan… How this plays out →
- Roscoe Sheridan
family · ambivalent
- Roscoe Sheridan
family · ambivalent
- Robert Lamhorn
social · negative
- Mary Vertrees
friendship · positive
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