You Can’t Win · Character
Madam Kate Singleton
A madam and influential figure in the underworld.
minor
Also known as Madam Singleton, Kate Singleton, Kate, Madam Kate
First appearance: xxii
Madam Kate Singleton's tie to Julia is one of the pressures that moves You Can’t Win—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Arrested along with her household; she is calm and assertive during the police questioning, and later apologizes to Jack for forgetting him in jail.
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With Julia (professional): Julia works as a servant or companion for Madam Kate Singleton, with a formal employer-employee dynamic. With Julia (professional): Julia works as a servant or companion for Madam Kate…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Other
Character groups
- Authority and underworld power
- Protagonist
- Diverse underworld characters
- Core criminal associates
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
The emotional peak occurs when the narrator’s carefully constructed facade of helpless invalidism is shattered…
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professional · ambivalent
Julia works as a servant or companion for Madam Kate Singleton, with a formal… How this plays out →
- Julia
professional · ambivalent
Julia works as a servant or companion for Madam Kate Singleton, with a formal… How this plays out →
- Julia
professional · ambivalent
Julia works as a servant or companion for Madam Kate Singleton, with a formal… How this plays out →
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See Madam Kate Singleton in xxii