Characters from Outer Dark

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Rinthy Holme - She is a nineteen-year-old uneducated and socialy isolated woman in rural and rustic Appalachia around the turn of the century.

Rinthy Holme - She is a nineteen-year-old uneducated and socialy isolated woman in rural and rustic Appalachia around the turn of the century.

Culla Holme - Culla Holme is a young man who lives with his sister in a remote cabin in rustic Appalachia and is dismissive of his younger sister's plea for the help of a midwife as she goes into labor to deliver her first child.

Culla Holme...
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