# Chad Newsome — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> Chad Newsome in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chad

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-people

## Snapshot

The young American whose startling improvement in Paris confounds the man sent to fetch him home, and whose ease conceals a deeper attachment.

## Who they are

Chad is the errand's object and its undoing: instead of going to the bad he has become distinguished, cordial, and sure enough of himself to be kind to the man with orders to remove him. His fondness for Paris, and Paris's hold on him, quietly reroute Strether's mission before anyone names the reason. He matters because his transformation forces the novel's central question — whether the life that enlarged him is a corruption or a redemption — and because behind him, interpreting the city, stands Mme. de Vionnet.

## Relationships

### [Strether](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/strether)

_friendship_

Strether is sent to bring Chad back to America but becomes his friend and mentor, admiring his transformation.

### [Mme. de Vionnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mme_de_vionnet)

_romantic_

Chad has a romantic relationship with Mme. de Vionnet, which is central to the plot of The Ambassadors.

### [Moll Flanders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/moll_flanders)

_social_

These characters appear in different novels by different authors, so their interaction is a meta-textual or analytical comparison.

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