ENG 510 Chapter Notes - Chapter Full Text: In A Glass Darkly, Sheridan Le Fanu, Casebook
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Narrator: remains unnamed; a prot g of hesselius"s; educated in medicine and surgery, but unable to practice due to amputated fingers; is left. Hesselius"s medical files and letters after his death (1819) Dr. martin hesselius: a psychologist/medical philosopher; very intelligent, intuitive man; realizes something is wrong with jennings immediately. Professor van loo: only mentioned as he to whom the letters hesselius writes are directed. Revered jennings: tall, thin, middle-aged, old fashioned; afflicted with ghostly visions of a monkey that visually haunts him and starts to speak to him until he convinces jennings to kill himself before he can be treated by. Lady mary heydukes: socialite lady that introduces hesselius and the. Reverend; provides information about the latter to the former. Dr harley: a physician that treated jennings to no avail. Martha: jennings"s niece, who saves his life from earlier doom by her mere presence.
