# The Narrator (The Happy Failure) — Short Fiction character guide

> The Narrator (The Happy Failure) in Short Fiction by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Unknown, the man, this man

**First appearance:** 0016-the-happy-failure

## Who they are

A young man who helps his uncle with a failed invention.

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