Work: A Story of Experience | Characters
Work has one central character, Christie Devon. She is the orphaned child of a "gentleman" father and a "farmer's daughter" mother, indebted for her upbringing to a maternal uncle whom she refuses to burden further. At age twenty-one, she is strong, moral, eager to be on her own and to engage in satisfying work. At the outset Christie is cheerful and outgoing, and she has many appealing traits, among them a willingness to learn, be useful, and improve herself. Christie's soul-searchings and spiritual crises, her longings for security, are very human.
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