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Doctor Jolks

A local doctor and his family who attend to the Bartram household.

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Also known as Jolks, Mrs. Jolks, Good Mrs. Jolks, young Jolks

First appearance: volume i xxxi bartram haugh

Doctor Jolks shows up with force in A Friend Arises. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Treats Uncle Silas; explains the coma was due to an overdose of opium; also attends Meg Hawkes.
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In A Friend Arises: Treats Uncle Silas; explains the coma was due to an overdose of opium; also attends Meg Hawkes. Later, in XV: Milly’s Farewell: Doctor Jolks reassures Maud about her health and dismisses her ghostly…

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MDMadame de la R…DBDoctor BryerlyUSUncle SilasMRMaud RuthynMCMr. CharkeDJDoctor Jolks

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Central Family and Household
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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See Doctor Jolks in volume i xxxi bartram haugh
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