You Can’t Win · Character

Miss Kate

A woman of some standing in the criminal social circles.

minor

First appearance: xvi

Miss Kate'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.

Miss Kate is the madam of the brothel Julia is escaping from; she keeps the girls in debt to prevent them from leaving.

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With Julia (social): Julia and Miss Kate are acquaintances who interact within the same social circles. With Julia (social): Julia and Miss…

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The emotional peak occurs when the narrator’s carefully constructed facade of helpless invalidism is shattered…

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Julia
social · ambivalent
Julia and Miss Kate are acquaintances who interact within the same social circles. How this plays out →
Julia
social · ambivalent
Julia and Miss Kate are acquaintances who interact within the same social circles. How this plays out →

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