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The second character named Zwida in the book (after Zwida Ozkart) is a woman who sits on a chair outside a hotel and reads in Leaning from the steep slope. She seems to use the narrator’s interest in her as a way to get the narrator involved in her plan to break an inmate out of the local prison.
Miss Zwida Quotes in If on a winter’s night a traveler
The If on a winter’s night a traveler quotes below are all either spoken by Miss Zwida or refer to Miss Zwida . 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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Leaning from the steep slope Quotes
I sensed at once that in the perfect order of the universe a breach had opened, an irreparable rent.
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Miss Zwida Character Timeline in If on a winter’s night a traveler
The timeline below shows where the character Miss Zwida appears in If on a winter’s night a traveler. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Leaning from the steep slope
The narrator resumes his walk and comes across Miss Zwida wearing a white straw hat and sitting in a chair at a seaside hotel. The...
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Tuesday. The narrator talks to Miss Zwida for the first time. He makes conversation about a sketch of a sea urchin that...
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Wednesday. The narrator goes to the hotel and finds Miss Zwida wearing a black veil. The narrator then sees the two men in black. Later in...
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Thursday. The narrator learns that Miss Zwida has a permit to visit the prison on specific days. He sees her in the...
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...to a bar to celebrate his day, which he feels has brought him closer to Miss Zwida . He overhears some men talking about a woman who offers to pay him 100...
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