# Belle Carpenter — Winesburg, Ohio character guide

> Belle Carpenter in Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** An Awakening Belle Carpenter, Belle

**First appearance:** 0020-an-awakening

## Who they are

Young woman who works in a store and dates Ed Handby.

## Relationships

### [George Willard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/george_willard)

_romantic_

Belle Carpenter uses George Willard to make her lover Ed Handby jealous, leading to a violent confrontation.

### [George Willard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/characters/george_willard)

_romantic_

Belle Carpenter uses George Willard to make her lover Ed Handby jealous, leading to a violent confrontation.

## In the story

### [Respectability](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/respectability)

A milliner with whom George Willard walks and embraces; her presence prompts Wash to share his story.

### [An Awakening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/winesburg_ohio_se/chapters/an-awakening)

A tall, strong woman who works in a millinery shop; she secretly loves Ed Handby but uses George Willard to provoke Handby's jealousy.

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