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Robin’s Mother
Lincoln was Letty’s brother. He died while a student at Oxford after drinking heavily one night and falling asleep near a cart that subsequently ran him over. While Lincoln was alive, Letty was frustrated by the privileges afforded to him as a man, and she resented him for squandering his opportunities at Oxford by drinking more than studying. After Lincoln died, Letty’s father let her attend Babel.
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Lincoln Character Timeline in Babel
The timeline below shows where the character Lincoln appears in Babel. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...poem that he remembers. Letty, though, storms off. Victoire explains that Letty had a brother, Lincoln, who died shortly before Letty came to Oxford. He had attended Oxford too but had...
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Interlude 2
...would have been admitted to Oxford and hailed as a genius. Instead, her older brother Lincoln went to Oxford. Lincoln struggled with his studies. At one point, Letty confronted him and...
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...far. She thought her friends were squandering the opportunities that Oxford gave them, just like Lincoln did. And it would lead them all either to prison or to be hanged. She...
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