New characters introduced in this book

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Will you help create character descriptions for the new characters in this book?

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In Book 4, Warleggan, Caroline and Dr. Enys have just 'talked' to see if they are suited for each other. She is a strong personality and rich (18th century rich); he is a smart doctor but poor and soft spoken. The concern heretofore has been that Caroline's strong personality would devour the poor doctor alive.... But is Caroline that spoiled and shallow? I don't think so. She's that smart and compassionate.... Dr. Enys dug a cadaver up in order to learn about the workings of a knee, to fix a patient. Caroline said she would love to watch him work. Asked why he didn't practice in town on rich patients, Dr. Enys said he didnt want to become a pet. With all Caroline's connections, the pair could do wonders for 18th century medicine and the poor.

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In Book 4 Warleggan I've been curious about what type of character Caroline Penvenen is. Is she a woman of substance or is she shallow and spoiled? Ross said she would be bad for Dr. Enys. Indeed, she does have a powerful personality that on first glimpse could prevent Dr. Enys from doing his medical work. So I've been studying their friendship. I've also been looking at whether Caroline would be a suitable love match for Dr. Enys. Caroline is beautiful and rich - an heiress... She is also compassionate. She ordered two shipments of oranges to cure Dr. Enys' patients of scurvy. And she is witty - she flirts when she talks and she enjoys being a socialite. She goes out with the mayor who is friends with the wealthiest man in the village.... When creating this character, it seems that Winston Graham was creating his 'muse,' his version of an ideal woman - somebody who is smart, rich, beautiful, witty, compassionate, and passionate. But will Caroline use her gifts for the betterment of mankind and to complement Dr. Enys and his work? Or is Caroline a mere socialite? Would she be a suitable love match for Dr. Enys? In Book 4, Warleggan, there's a scene where Winston Graham addresses this very question. In the scene Caroline has just returned from Oxford where she's tried to meet other lovers. Dr. Enys at this point only knows that her uncle doesn't approve of him as a suitable love match for his niece, and he's inclined to accept the friendship at that, but now Caroline tells Dr. Enys she wants passion. In order to find that out, Caroline starts asking Dr. Enys questions about his work. He tells her that to cure a little girls leg, he has dug up a cadaver to study the knee, and Caroline is interested in that. "May I watch some time?" she asks. Asked why he didn't practice in town on rich patients, Dr. Enys says he doesn't want to become a rich man's pet. This scene shows that to Caroline passion is found in the form of intellect. This demonstrates that Caroline's mind does have depth to it. She has the ability to focus not on Dr. Enys himself but on his work. She learns more about him through asking the right questions. It seems to me that with all Caroline's social connections and her ability to meet Dr. Enys' mind, the fact that Caroline is at home equally with the rich as she is with the poor, the pair could do wonders together for 18th century medicine and the poor and be happy together as a romantic couple - Dr. Enys the brighter of the two who does the work, Caroline the promoter of his work, bringing his ideas into the folds of modern society.

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My favorite Caroline quote, which pretty much sums her up:
“If you wish to discover a man's true feelings, it is always best to provoke him.”