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Maud
Mrs. Stringham is Milly’s friend who Milly met in Boston, and the two travel through Europe together. Mrs. Stringham is selflessly and unyieldingly devoted to Milly, and she does anything she can to try and help Milly heal from her illness. That includes encouraging Merton to seduce Milly even after she knows that Merton and Kate are engaged, suggesting that Kate and Merton’s plan to have Merton seduce Milly may not be quite as sordid as it may at first seem, as even those closest to Milly, like Mrs. Stringham, seem to approve of it. Mrs. Stringham also serves as a foil to Maud. While Maud acts as Kate’s guardian, Mrs. Stringham looks after Milly. The novel then juxtaposes the two characters to show how sharply Mrs. Stringham’s selflessness contrasts with Maud’s self-serving behavior.
Mrs. Stringham Quotes in The Wings of the Dove
The The Wings of the Dove quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Stringham or refer to Mrs. Stringham. 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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Book 3, Chapter 1
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When Milly smiled it was a public event – when she didn’t it was a chapter of history.
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Book 5, Chapter 7
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It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened out round her and made her presently say ‘If I could lose myself here!’ There were people, people in plenty, but, admirably, no personal question. It was immense, outside, the personal question; but she had blissfully left it outside,
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Book 9, Chapter 4
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He had thought, no doubt, from the day he was born, much more than he had acted; except indeed that he remembered thoughts – a few of them – which at the moment of their coming to him had thrilled him almost like adventures.
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Mrs. Stringham Quotes in The Wings of the Dove
The The Wings of the Dove quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Stringham or refer to Mrs. Stringham. 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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Book 3, Chapter 1
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When Milly smiled it was a public event – when she didn’t it was a chapter of history.
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Book 5, Chapter 7
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It was the air she wanted and the world she would now exclusively choose; the quiet chambers, nobly overwhelming, rich but slightly veiled, opened out round her and made her presently say ‘If I could lose myself here!’ There were people, people in plenty, but, admirably, no personal question. It was immense, outside, the personal question; but she had blissfully left it outside,
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Book 9, Chapter 4
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He had thought, no doubt, from the day he was born, much more than he had acted; except indeed that he remembered thoughts – a few of them – which at the moment of their coming to him had thrilled him almost like adventures.
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