Misery Chastain

On the other he could see himself at the Boulderado Hotel, finishing his new novel, which did not—thank God for small favors—feature Misery Chastain. There were all sorts of reasons for him not to write about Misery, but one loomed above the rest, ironclad and unshakable. Misery—thank God for large favors—was finally dead.

Misery identifies Misery Chastain as Paul Sheldon’s series heroine; Rose Madder invokes her as that embedded fictional heroine.

If I were Misery Chastain, I’d—she thought, and then Norman’s teeth were on her throat, he was nuzzling her like a horny kid parked on Lovers’ Lane, and then his teeth were in her throat, and something was spraying warm all down the front of her, and she thought no more.

Misery identifies Misery Chastain as Paul Sheldon’s series heroine; Rose Madder invokes her as that embedded fictional heroine.