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Geoffrey Braithwaite

This character is the sixty-one year old narrator of the story.

Flaubert

This character is a nineteenth century author.

Louise

This character is a poet and, although married, has had a number of affairs.

Ellen

This adulterous character's life support was disconnected by a spouse.

Du Camp

This author's friend was a traveling companion and an accessory to the author's affair.

Elisa

This spouse of a music publisher was the subject of an unrequited great passion.

Juliet

This character's correspondence with an author was destroyed.

Ed

This American, who claims to be in possession of incriminating letters, burns them.

Dr. Starkie

This character is a Reader Emeritus at Oxford.

Monsieur Andrieu

This character reveals a possible solution to the mystery of the two different parrots.

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