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Beloved | Pages 1–19: Summary and Analysis
New Characters:
Sethe: the protagonist of the novel
Denver: Sethe’s almost 19-year-old, somewhat simple, daughter who lives with her in isolation at 124 Bluestone Road, the house that had originally been rented, unhaunted, to Baby Suggs
Paul D: a former slave who was at Sweet Home in Kentucky with Sethe 18 years earlier
Baby Suggs: bought out of slavery at the age of 60 by her son, Halle, who is Sethe’s husband; spent many years in her bed deciding whether or not to die
The Garners: husband and wife who own Sweet Home; they treat their slaves...
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