Evangeline’s literary agent, Banks is handsome, fashionable, and overly reverential toward his female clients. Egbert becomes jealous when Evangeline begins to spend much of her time with Banks. It is Banks who arranges for Evangeline’s work to appear in forthcoming magazines, prompting her horrified realization that she lacks the drive and talent to produce the stories she is contractually obligated to write.
Jno. Henderson Banks Quotes in Best Seller
The Best Seller quotes below are all either spoken by Jno. Henderson Banks or refer to Jno. Henderson Banks. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Am I a serf?” demanded Evangeline.
“A what?” said Egbert.
“A serf. A slave. A peon. A creature subservient to your lightest whim.”
Ebert considered the point.
“No,” he said. “I shouldn’t think so.”
“No,” said Evangeline. “I am not. And I refuse to allow you to dictate to me in the choice of my friends.”
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Egbert Mulliner (speaker), Evangeline Pembury (speaker), Jno. Henderson Banks
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To make matters worse, Evangeline now has a literary agent, Jno. Henderson Banks , who is handsome, snappily dressed, and excessively referential toward his female clients. Egbert is...
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Evangeline explains that Jno. Henderson Banks has arranged for her to publish serials and short stories in numerous magazines. She has...
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