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Stephen King's Christine
CHRISTINE WAS EATING INTO HIS MIND, BURROWING INTO HIS UNCONSCIOUS
'That night I had a dream again, only in this one Christine was old - no, not just old; she was ancient, a terrible hulk of a car, something you'd expect to see in a Tarot pack: instead of the Hanged Man, the Death Car... The engine roared and missed and jetted filthy blue oilsmoke.
It wasn't empty. Roland LeBay was lolling behind the wheel. His eyes were open but they were glazed and dead. Each time the engine revved and Christine's rust-eaten body vibrated, he flopped like a ragdoll. His peeling skull nodded back and forth.'
Christine, blood-red, fat and finned, was twenty. Her promise lay all in her past. Greedy and big, she was Arnie's obsession, a '58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished. There was still power in her - a frightening power that leaked like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corroded the mind and turned ownership into Possession.
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Book Characters With Descriptions
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Part I: Dennis - Teenage Car-songs
1 First Views
2 The First Argument
3 The Morning After
4 Arnie Gets Married
5 How We Got to Darnell's
6 Outside
7 Bad Dreams
8 First Changes
9 Buddy Repperton
10 LeBay Passes
11 The Funeral
12 Some Family History
13 Later That Evening
14 Christine and Darnell
15 Football Woes
16 Enter Leigh, Exit Buddy
17 Christine on the Street Again
18 On the Bleachers
19 The Accident
Part II: Arnie - Teenage Love-songs
20 The Second Argument
21 Arnie and Michael
22 Sandy
23 Arnie and Leigh
24 Seen in the Night
25 Buddy Visits the Airport
26 Christine Laid Low
27 Arnie and Regina
28 Leigh Makes a Visit
29 Thanksgiving
30 Moochie Welch
31 The Day After
32 Regina and Michael
33 Junkins
34 Leigh and Christine
35 Now This Brief Interlude
36 Buddy and Christine
37 Darnell Cogiates
38 Breaking Connections
39 Junkins Again
40 Arnie in Trouble
41 The Coming of the Storm
42 The Storm Breakes
Part III: Christine - Teenage Death-songs
43 Leigh Comes to Visit
44 Detective Work
45 New Year's Eve
46 George LeBay Again
47 The Betrayal
48 Preparations
49 Arnie
50 Petunia
51 Christine
Epilogue
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List of Characters
?, Billy
- Uncle of Tommy Ross.
?, Bruce
- Cousin of Leigh Cabot.
?, Pammie
- Girl in an x-rated magazine.
?, Ralph
- Man who abused Arnie and Dennis when Christine got a flat tyre outside his house.
?, Roseanne
- Girlfriend of Dennis Guilder before he met Leigh Cabot.
?, Sid
- Brother of Mrs. Guilder.
?, Steve
- Uncle of Dennis Guilder. Husband of Vicki.
?, Vicky
- Wife of Steve. Sister of Regina Cunningham.
Ackerman, ?
- Husband of Leigh Ackerman.
Ackerman, Leigh
- Married name of Leigh Cabot.
Aleppo, Norman
- Broke his arm playing football for Libertyville.
Anderson, Poochie
- Acquaintance of Roland LeBay.
Arroway, Dr.
- Doctor of Dennis Guilder.
Barlow, Gerry
- Acquaintance of Roland LeBay.
Barongg, Lenny
- Played Football for Libertyville.
Bellerman, Marty
- At Libertyville Highschool.
Bellerman, Sonny
- Acquaintance of Roland LeBay.
Billingham, Nick
- Friend of Moochie Welch.
Blackford, ?
- Neighbour of the Guilder family.
Buck, Henry
- Used car dealer.
Cabot, Leigh
- Arnie's girlfriend, and eventually one of the ones that helps kill Christine.
Cabot, Mr.
- Father of Leigh Cabot. Husband of Natalie Cabot.
Cabot, Natalie
- Mother of Leigh Cabot. Wife of Mr. Cabot.
Callison, Lou
- 14 year old friend of the Guilder family.
Captain Beefheart
- Cat that Dennis Guilder owned, but was killed by a truck.
Carruthers, Aimee
- Friend of Ellie Guilder.
Carson, ?
- Brothers that owned a roadwork company that Arnie Cunningham and Dennis Guilder worked for.
Christine
- A 1958 red Plymouth Fury, with a taste for death.
Cobb, Norman
- Plymouth dealer where Roland LeBay bought Christine.
Brandon
- Worked for Andrew Quick in Lud.
Cunningham, Arnold Richard
- The nerd who was seduced and destroyed by Christine. Son of Regina and Michael Cunningham.
Cunningham, Michael
- Father of Arnie Cunningham. Husband of Regina Cunningham.
Cunningham, Regina
- Mother of Arnie Cunningham. Wife of Michael Cunningham. Fairly dominant.
Dann, Fred
- Played football for Libertyville. Went off in one game with concussion.
Darlington, Freddy
- Went to school with Dennis Guilder until he got his girlfriend pregnant.
Darnell, Will
- Owned Darnell's Used Auto Parts where Arnie stored and worked on Christine.
Deckinger, Tommy
- Picked on Arnie Cunningham. Killed by Christine.
Dingle, Everett
- Friend of Will Darnell. Murdered his family.
Dodd, Milton
- Boyfriend of Elaine Guilder.
Donahue, Pat
- Ran Gino's Pizza Place.
Emerson, David
- Ran Libertyville furniture store.
Farner, Dr.
- Roland LeBay's doctor.
Fassenbach, ?
- Friend of the Cunningham family.
Fenderson, Mr.
- Libertyville High's maths teacher.
Gabbs, ?
- Worked on his car at Darnell's.
Galton, Sandy
- Friend of Buddy Repperton. Picked on Arnie Cunningham. Parking lot attendant. Killed by Christine.
Gilman, Roger
- Beat up Arnie Cunningham and is now in Jail. A friend of Buddy Repperton.
Gitney, ?
- IRS agent.
Gottfried, Barry
- A hitchhiked that saved the life of Leigh Cabot when she choked in Christine.
Guilder, Dennis
- Arnie's friend that ended up destroying Christine.
Guilder, Elaine
- 14 year old sister of Dennis Guilder.
Guilder, Kenny
- Father of Dennis Guilder. Tax consultant for H&R Block.
Guilder, Mrs.
- Mother of Dennis. Wife of Kenny Guilder. Oral hygienist.
Haskins, Wanda
- Girlfriend of Will Darnell.
Hatch, Mr.
- Worked on his car at Darnell's.
Hicks, Mike
- Chess club member.
Hodder, Mr.
- Libertyville High Grammar teacher.
Hurling, Brandon
- First date for Elaine Guilder.
James, Stukey
- Libertyville High maths teacher.
Jeffries, Brad
- Foreman for Carson Brothers.
Jones, Coach
- Basketball coach at Libertyville.
Junkins, Rudy
- State cop that told Michael Cunningham about the murder of Moochie Welch. He then kept an eye on Arnie, but was killed in auto crash.
LeBay, ?
- Father of Roland. Drunk.
LeBay, Drew
- Brother of Roland that was killed in France in 1944.
LeBay, George
- Brother of Roland. Retired school teacher that gives Dennis Guilder some interesting information about Christine.
LeBay, Marcia
- Sister of Roland.
LeBay, Rita
- Daughter of Roland. Choked to death in Christine.
LeBay, Roland D.
- The man who sold Christine to Arnie. Wicked and mean, but at least he came back to visit Arnie - After he died!
LeBay, Veronica
- Wive of Roland. Committed suicide in Christine.
Leheureux, Mr.
- Libertyville high French teacher.
Lothrop, Mrs.
- Libertyville high discipline officer.
Mascia, Dr.
- Arnie Cunningham's doctor.
McAn, Thom
- Owner of a shoe shop?
McCandless, Richard
- American Legion Post secretary.
McCarthy, Chubby
- Football announcer.
McNally, Brian
- Played football for Libertyville.
Meecham, Mr.
- Libertyville high principal.
Mercer, ?
- Father of Rick. A cop that committed suicide.
Mercer, Rick
- Pennsylvania state police detective.
Mustungerra, Roy
- Sold tires for United Auto Parts.
Pederson, ?
- Kid at Libertyville High.
Pomberton, Johnny
- Bought and sold used trucks, and loaned Dennis Guilder the truck he used to kill Christine.
Puffer, Coach
- Libertyville High football coach.
Purvis, Melvin
- Cop that committed suicide.
Qualson, Barry
- Chess club member.
Raypach, Miss
- Teacher at Libertyville High.
Renneke, Dinah
- Friend of Elaine Guilder.
Repperton, Clarence
- School tough guy that was kicked out of school for pulling a knife of Arnie Cunningham.
Screaming Jay Hawkins
- Cat of the Guilder family.
Shambliss, Carolyn
- A friend of Elaine Guilder that told her that you could light your farts.
Slawson, Herbert
- Chess club organiser.
Smolnack, Mr.
- Libertyville High shop teacher.
Smythe, Ladd
- Patrol-Boy that picked on Arnie Cunningham.
Sprague, Tom
- Cunningham family lawyer.
Stanton, Bobby
- Friend of Buddy Repperton.
Stewart, Mr.
- Mentioned in passing.
Stork
- The nickname of the person that Kenny Guilder went off the school with.
Strickland, Paul
- Friend of Michael Cunningham.
Stroughman, Ned
- Asked Leigh Cabot out on a date, but was turned down.
Sykes, Jimmy
- Helps out at Darnell's. Slightly retarded.
Sykes, Mrs.
- Mother of Jimmy.
Symond, ?
- Owner of a swimming pool in Libertyville.
Tardiff, Gary
- Played football for Libertyville.
Thompson, Mr.
- Libertyville high American history teacher.
Throgmorton, Randy
- Died after beating up Roland LeBay. Fell through thin ice.
Trelawney, Richie
- Friend of Buddy Repperton.
Turner, Randy
- Seen the fight between Buddy Repperton and Arnie Cunningham.
Upshaw, Amber
- Wife of William.
Upshaw, William - Does the tax returns for William Darnell.
Vandenberg, Don
- Friend of Buddy Repperton.
Vandenberg, Mr.
- Father of Don. Owner of Vandenburg's Happy Gas.
Vickers, Mr.
- School Guidance Councellor.
Warberg, Jim
- Criminal lawyer that took Arnie Cunningham's case.
Welch, Peter - Friend of Buddy Repperton.
Youngerman, Quent
- Friend of Will Darnell.
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