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Colonel MacAndrew
Sister to Mrs. Strickland and wife to Colonel MacAndrew, Mrs. MacAndrew judges Charles Strickland harshly for abandoning her sister Mrs. Strickland and his children to become a painter—yet she also suggests that Mrs. Strickland probably neglected him somehow to drive him to such behavior. She and her husband care for Mrs. Strickland’s son (Robert) and daughter after Charles Strickland abandons them.
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Mrs. MacAndrew Character Timeline in The Moon and Sixpence
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. MacAndrew appears in The Moon and Sixpence. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapters 1–16
Chapter 15. Back in London, the narrator visits Mrs. Strickland, who’s with her sister Mrs. MacAndrew and Colonel MacAndrew. When the narrator explains that Strickland left to paint, Mrs. Strickland protests...
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Mrs. MacAndrew and Colonel MacAndrew suggest that Strickland will return if there’s no other woman involved. Mrs....
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...the narrator says that Strickland seems out of control of his behavior, as if possessed. Mrs. MacAndrew says that that’s a reach—Strickland is just selfish. The narrator agrees outwardly, though he doesn’t...
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