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Baby

Anna's blind, elderly dog, whom she dotes on.

minor

Also known as old Baby, little Baby

First appearance: the good anna

Baby's tie to Anna Federner is one of the pressures that moves Three Lives—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With Anna Federner (family): Anna's baby is the child she desperately clings to, but her unstable life leads to the baby's death from neglect. With Lena Mainz (family): Lena's baby is a quiet, neglected child who dies…

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Character Web

16 connections

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WIWillieJRJem RichardsLILizzieMHMathilda HaydonAFAnna FedernerBABaby

Relationship types

  • Family
  • Other

Character groups

  • Anna's domestic circle
  • Extended household and community
  • Melanctha's later lovers
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book.

SetupClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

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See Baby in the good anna
See Baby in the good anna