Vile Bodies · Character
Doge
A mysterious figure at a party.
minor
First appearance: ii
Doge shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The elderly head waiter, hard of hearing and partially blind, once a Rothschild's butler, who dandled Father Rothschild as a child.
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Character groups
- Extended Cast and Background
- Social Circle Core
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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