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Tracks in the Snow · Character

Edith Summers

A character who appears in the narrative.

minor

Also known as Edith

First appearance: tracks in the snow

Edith Summers shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The housemaid at Grenvile Combe, a plain, strong country girl, more intelligent than she looks.
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In I: The housemaid at Grenvile Combe, a plain, strong country girl, more intelligent than she looks. Later, in VII: Peters' housemaid who confesses to lying about the candle, providing crucial evidence that shifts the…

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6 connections

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EPEustace PetersRTReuben TrethewySSSergeant SpekeJCJames CallaghanMTMrs. TrethewyESEdith Summers

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Key suspects and investigators
  • Protagonist
  • Trethewy family and associates

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Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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