This Side of Paradise · Character

Phyllis Styles

A flirtatious young woman at a party Amory attends.

minor

Also known as Phyllis Styles, Phyllis, The blithesome Phyllis

First appearance: ii spires and gargoyles

Phyllis Styles's tie to Burne Holiday is one of the pressures that moves This Side of Paradise—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Burne Holiday (romantic): A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance. With Burne Holiday (romantic): A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance. With Burne Holiday (romantic): A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance.

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Character Web

3 connections

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Relationship types

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Character groups

Princeton Social Circle

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Narrative arc

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

Setup
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Burne Holiday
romantic · ambivalent
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting… How this plays out →
Burne Holiday
romantic · ambivalent
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting… How this plays out →
Burne Holiday
romantic · ambivalent
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting… How this plays out →

Burne Holiday
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance.
Burne Holiday
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance.
Burne Holiday
A brief, awkward romantic interest from Burne toward the frivolous Phyllis, highlighting his struggle to reconcile his ideals with conventional romance.

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