William Makepeace Thackeray. (1811–1863). Vanity Fair.
The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. 1917.
List of Characters
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ISS BARBARA PINKERTON, presiding over an Academy for Young Ladies. - J
EMIMA PINKERTON, her sister. - A
MELIA SEDLEY, afterwards Mrs. George Osborne, an accomplished young lady, yet with more heart than brains. - J
OHN SEDLEY, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, father of Amelia. - M
RS. SEDLEY, his wife. - J
OSEPH SEDLEY, older brother of Amelia, in the East India Company’s Civil Service. - M
RS. BLENKINSOP, housekeeper of the Sedleys. - S
AMBO, coloured servant of the Sedleys. - R
EBECCA SHARP, afterwards Mrs. Rawdon Crawley, daughter of a poor English artist and a French dancer. A fascinating, clever and unscrupulous adventuress. - M
ISS SWARTZ, a mulatto heiress from St. Kitt’s, a school friend of Amelia’s. - S
IR PITT CRAWLEY, a miserly, hard-drinking, disreputable old baronet. - R
OSE GRAWLEY, second wife of Sir Pitt—a colourless and neglected invalid. - R
OSE & VIOLET, daughters of Sir Pitt by his second wife. - P
ITT CRAWLEY, a conventional prig—elder son of Sir Pitt by his first wife. - R
AWDON CRAWLEY, younger son of Sir Pitt Crawley by his first wife—a heavy young rake in the Dragoons. - H
ORROCKS, Sir Pitt Crawley’s butler. - M
ISS HORROCKS, his daughter. - R
EV. BUTE CRAWLEY, younger brother of Sir Pitt Crawley—a worldly minded country parson. - M
RS. BUTE CRAWLEY, his wife, a managing, scheming little woman. - J
AMES, FRANK, & Four girls, children of Bute Crawley. - M
R. OSBORNE, a prosperous merchant in the city, who owes his start in life to Mr. Sedley. - J
ANE, spinster daughter and slave of Mr. Osborne. - M
ARIA, afterwards Mrs. Frederick Bullock, younger daughter of Mr. Osborne. - G
EORGE OSBORNE, son of Mr. Osborne, and godson of Mr. Sedley, a conceited young officer. - M
ISS WIRT, a “raw-boned vestal,” governess to the Misses Osborne. - M
ISS CRAWLEY, half-sister to Sir Pitt Crawley, a shrewd rich old spinster. - M
ISS BRIGGS, Miss Crawley’s companion. - M
RS. FIRKIN, servant of Miss Crawley. - B
OWLS, butler at Miss Crawley’s. - M
R. RAGGLES, former butler at Miss Crawley’s, and owner of the house on Curzon St. rented by the Rawdon Crawleys. - C
APT. WILLIAM DOBBIN, afterwards Major and Lieutenant Colonel, good angel of George Osborne and Amelia Sedley. - The M
ISSES DOBBIN, his sisters. - C
OUNTESS SOUTHDOWN, a strong-minded woman favourably known to the serious world. - L
ADY EMILY HORNBLOWER, her daughter, “author of several delightful tracts.” - L
ADY JANE SHEEPSHANKS, afterwards Mrs. Pitt Crawley, younger daughter of Countess Southdown. - M
R. CLAPP, Mr. Sedley’s clerk with whom he takes refuge after his failure. - M
RS. CLAPP, his wife. - M
ISS MARY CLAPP, their daughter. - F
REDERICK BULLOCK, of the house of Bullock, Hulker & Bullock, who marries Maria Osborne. - E
NSIGN STUBBLE &
ENSIGN SIMPLE, subalterns in George Osborne’s regiment. - M
AJOR O’DOWD, commander of Osborne’s regiment at Waterloo. - P
EGGY O’DOWD, his wife, commander of the Major. - G
LORVINA O’DOWD, a good-natured Irish girl who fails to ensnare Major Dobbin. - G
EORGE OSBORNE, JR., son of Amelia and George Osborne. - R
AWDON CRAWLEY, JR., son of Rawdon Crawley and Becky Sharp. - G
EORGE GUSTAVUS, Marquess of Steyne, Earl of Gaunt, Viscount, Hellborough, Baron Pitchley and Grillsby, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, etc., etc., etc., an elderly roué - L
ADY STEYNE, his wife. - L
ADY GAUNT, his daughter. - M
R. MOSS, the bailiff. - F
IFINE, Becky Sharp’s maid. - C
APT. MACMURDO, Rawdon Crawley’s friend in his affairs of honour. - M
R. WENHAM, Lord Steyne’s confidential friend. - R
EV. MR. VEAL, little George Osborne’s tutor. - R
EV. BEILBY BINNY, curate of the District Chapel, an admirer of Mrs. Osborne. - I
SIDOR, Belgian servant of Joseph Sedley. - K
IRSCH, Joseph Sedley’s courier. - F
ICHE, servant of Lord Steyne. - Doctors, apothecaries, solicitors, clerks, officers, servants, gate keepers, German students, noblemen, auctioneers, school boys, etc.