Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

by

William Makepeace Thackeray

Lady Jane Character Analysis

Lady Jane is the wife of Pitt Crawley and mother of Pitt Binkie and Matilda. Among the noble characters, she is one of the few who shows a genuine sense of charity, taking in Rawdy as her own child after Rawdon goes off to Coventry Island and Becky abandons him.

Lady Jane Quotes in Vanity Fair

The Vanity Fair quotes below are all either spoken by Lady Jane or refer to Lady Jane. 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:
Greed and Ambition Theme Icon
).
Chapter 34 Quotes

Lady Southdown, from her neighbouring house, reigned over the whole family—Pitt, Lady Jane, Miss Crawley, Briggs, Bowls, Firkin, and all. She pitilessly dosed them with her tracts and her medicine, she dismissed Creamer, she installed Rodgers, and soon stripped Miss Crawley of even the semblance of authority.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Becky Sharp , Rawdon, Miss Crawley , Pitt Crawley, Lady Jane, Lady Jane Southdown, Miss Briggs
Page Number: 405
Explanation and Analysis:
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Lady Jane Quotes in Vanity Fair

The Vanity Fair quotes below are all either spoken by Lady Jane or refer to Lady Jane. 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:
Greed and Ambition Theme Icon
).
Chapter 34 Quotes

Lady Southdown, from her neighbouring house, reigned over the whole family—Pitt, Lady Jane, Miss Crawley, Briggs, Bowls, Firkin, and all. She pitilessly dosed them with her tracts and her medicine, she dismissed Creamer, she installed Rodgers, and soon stripped Miss Crawley of even the semblance of authority.

Related Characters: The Narrator (speaker), Becky Sharp , Rawdon, Miss Crawley , Pitt Crawley, Lady Jane, Lady Jane Southdown, Miss Briggs
Page Number: 405
Explanation and Analysis: