A wealthy socialite with several ex-husbands, Sylvia is Odon’s mother and a trustee at Wordsmith College. At Odon’s behest, she helps King Charles immigrate to America by picking him up when he parachutes into a field outside Baltimore, letting him stay in her home for a time, and then getting him a job at Wordsmith.
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Sylvia O’Donnell Character Timeline in Pale Fire
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...In disguise, Charles dropped from a plane and landed, with a parachute, in a field. Sylvia O’Donnell’s chauffeur picked him up in a Rolls Royce, and inside Sylvia had left a...
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Sylvia was Wordsmith’s primary trustee, and she arranged for Kinbote’s job there. When Charles arrived at...
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