# Alice Hindman — Winesburg, Ohio character guide

> Alice Hindman in Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Alice

**First appearance:** 0013-adventure

## Snapshot

A Winesburg store clerk who waits years for a lover who left for the city, her loyalty slowly curdling into a desperate loneliness.

## Who they are

Alice Hindman gives herself to Ned Currie before he leaves for Cleveland, and she holds to the idea of him long after he has stopped writing. As she reaches twenty-five and then twenty-seven, she joins the Methodist church and the Epworth League less from faith than from fear of her own isolation. Her loyalty becomes a trap, and her growing restlessness pushes her toward a crisis that exposes how thoroughly Winesburg's quiet has failed her.

## Relationships

### [Ed Handby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/ed_handby)

_romantic_

Alice is obsessed with Ed, who abandoned her years ago, and she clings to a fantasy of his return.

### [Ed Handby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/ed_handby)

_romantic_

Alice is obsessed with Ed, who abandoned her years ago, and she clings to a fantasy of his return.

## In the story

### [Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/adventure)

Alice is the central figure of the chapter, a woman who has spent years waiting for Ned Currie's return, grappling with loneliness and the fear that her youth has passed.

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