Jennet Humfrye

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Jennet Humfrye is the vengeful ghost central to Susan Hill’s gothic horror novel "The Woman in Black," haunting Eel Marsh House and the surrounding village.

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Jennet Humfrye canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
ghost
literary character
adaptedIn The Woman in Black (1987 stage play) NERFINISHED
The Woman in Black (1989 TV film) NERFINISHED
The Woman in Black (2012 film) NERFINISHED
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014 film) NERFINISHED
appearance woman dressed in black
appearsIn The Woman in Black NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent death of her son in a pony and trap accident
associatedWithLocation Nine Lives Causeway NERFINISHED
connectedToCharacter Alice Drablow NERFINISHED
Arthur Kipps NERFINISHED
Samuel Daily NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginWork United Kingdom NERFINISHED
createdBy Susan Hill NERFINISHED
curseEffect death of children who see her
deathCauseInFiction suicide by hanging
emotionalState tormented
vengeful
familyRelation mother of Nathaniel Drablow
sister of Alice Drablow
firstAppearance The Woman in Black (1983) NERFINISHED
genre gothic horror
haunts Crythin Gifford NERFINISHED
Eel Marsh House NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
literaryFunction embodiment of unresolved grief
symbol of social stigma around unmarried mothers
medium prose fiction
motivation revenge for the loss of her child
narrativePerspectiveRelation subject of Arthur Kipps’s recollections
nationalityInFiction English
relatedWork The Woman in Black (1983 novel) NERFINISHED
residenceInLife Eel Marsh House NERFINISHED
role antagonist
vengeful spirit
settingOfStory early 20th-century England
themeAssociation haunting
isolation
loss of a child
revenge
workType character in a ghost story

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The Woman in Black mainAntagonist Jennet Humfrye
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill mainAntagonist Jennet Humfrye
subject surface form: The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill notableCharacter Jennet Humfrye
subject surface form: The Woman in Black