All 3 Uses of
The Charles
in
A Lesson Before Dying
- After leaving the quarter, I drove down a graveled road for about two» miles, then along a paved road beside the St. Charles River for another ten miles.†
Chpt 4
- There was only one main street in Bayonne, and it ran along the St. Charles River.†
Chpt 4 *
- Driving along the St. Charles River, I could feel Miss Emma not looking at me, not looking at anything—just thinking.†
Chpt 9
Definitions:
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(1)
(The Charles) a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, The Charles could reference a different name as in The Charles family...