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Edgar R. B. Hagstrohm
Wanda Hagstrohm is married to Edgar Hagstrohm. When the Shah visits her household and asks what she does with all the time saved by the various machines that do the housework, one of the only things she can think to say is that she watches a lot of television. Later, Edgar tells her he’s having an affair, but she isn’t surprised—she even tells him that she understands and then tries to move on, apparently not wanting to unsettle their lives.
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Wanda Hagstrohm Character Timeline in Player Piano
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Chapter 17
...Reclamation and Reconstruction Corps worker. The family consists of Edgar R. B. Hagstrohm, his wife Wanda, and his two kids. According to the machines that decided who best would represent the...
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The house Edgar and Wanda live in is called an M-17 house, and it’s the exact kind of house that...
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The Shah asks why everything has to be so streamlined—what, exactly, does Wanda want to do with all her free time? “Live!” says Doctor Dodge, the local employee...
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...the Shah leaves, Edgar feels so guilty about his affair that he comes clean to Wanda. But this doesn’t lead to a huge argument; Wanda has known about the affair for...
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