Aunt Maud is Shade’s aunt who raised him after his parents died. A painter who loved the grotesque and morbid, Maud is something of an eccentric who likely scandalized the stodgy townsfolk in New Wye. During Hazel’s teenage years, Maud’s health deteriorates, she loses her ability to speak, and she dies in an institution. After her death, a poltergeist appears in the Shade home, and while it might be Aunt Maud haunting them from beyond the grave, the novel implies that the phenomena are actually caused by Hazel processing her grief.
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Aunt Maud Quotes in Pale Fire
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