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Georgy is the son of Amelia and George. He looks a lot like his father, who dies in the Napoleonic Wars before Georgy is born. Amelia devotes most of her time and attention to Georgy, who proves himself to be a clever child. But once Mr. Osborne meets George, he schemes to get him away from Amelia and raise Georgy himself, perhaps to make up for his earlier decision to disown George. Under Mr. Osborne’s supervision, Georgy starts becoming a little “gentleman,” giving orders and drinking alcohol when he’s still too young. Georgy’s character demonstrates how a child’s environment shapes their personality, and particularly how the pressure to become a gentleman can have a corrupting influence.
Georgy Quotes in Vanity Fair
The Vanity Fair quotes below are all either spoken by Georgy or refer to Georgy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 38
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In this room was all Amelia’s heart and treasure. Here it was that she tended her boy and watched him through the many ills of childhood, with a constant passion of love. The elder George returned in him somehow, only improved, and as if come back from heaven.
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Chapter 46
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Out of the hundred pounds a year, which was about the amount of her income, the Widow Osborne had been in the habit of giving up nearly three-fourths to her father and mother, for the expenses of herself and her little boy.
Chapter 50
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Great as her sufferings would be at parting with him she would, by God’s help, endure them for the boy’s sake.
Chapter 56
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A quick brain and a better education elsewhere showed the boy very soon that his grandsire was a dullard, and he began accordingly to command him and to look down upon him; for his previous education, humble and contracted as it had been, had made a much better gentleman of Georgy than any plans of his grandfather could make him. He had been brought up by a kind, weak, and tender woman, who had no pride about anything but about him, and whose heart was so pure and whose bearing was so meek and humble that she could not but needs be a true lady. She busied herself in gentle offices and quiet duties; if she never said brilliant things, she never spoke or thought unkind ones; guileless and artless, loving and pure, indeed how could our poor little Amelia be other than a real gentlewoman!
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Georgy Quotes in Vanity Fair
The Vanity Fair quotes below are all either spoken by Georgy or refer to Georgy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 38
Quotes
In this room was all Amelia’s heart and treasure. Here it was that she tended her boy and watched him through the many ills of childhood, with a constant passion of love. The elder George returned in him somehow, only improved, and as if come back from heaven.
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Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 46
Quotes
Out of the hundred pounds a year, which was about the amount of her income, the Widow Osborne had been in the habit of giving up nearly three-fourths to her father and mother, for the expenses of herself and her little boy.
Chapter 50
Quotes
Great as her sufferings would be at parting with him she would, by God’s help, endure them for the boy’s sake.
Chapter 56
Quotes
A quick brain and a better education elsewhere showed the boy very soon that his grandsire was a dullard, and he began accordingly to command him and to look down upon him; for his previous education, humble and contracted as it had been, had made a much better gentleman of Georgy than any plans of his grandfather could make him. He had been brought up by a kind, weak, and tender woman, who had no pride about anything but about him, and whose heart was so pure and whose bearing was so meek and humble that she could not but needs be a true lady. She busied herself in gentle offices and quiet duties; if she never said brilliant things, she never spoke or thought unkind ones; guileless and artless, loving and pure, indeed how could our poor little Amelia be other than a real gentlewoman!
