# Julia Doyle — Backwater character guide

> Julia Doyle in Backwater by Dorothy M. Richardson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Julia

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

Julia Doyle belongs to the boisterous world of Banbury Park girls, where bootlaces, parties, and dancing fill the hours between lessons.

## Who they are

Julia Doyle moves among the older girls who drift in after class, lacing boots, trading talk of ties and parties, and treating dancing as divine. She is part of the noisy social texture Miriam both manages and stands apart from, her easy chatter a measure of the ordinary girlhood Miriam cannot simply join. Her presence grounds the school scenes in the everyday life Miriam is deciding to leave.

## Relationships

### [Miriam Henderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/characters/miriam_henderson)

_friendship_

Julia is a fellow teacher and close friend to Miriam, sharing professional and personal confidences.

### [Miss Jenny Perne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/characters/miss_jenny_perne)

_professional_

Julia and Miss Jenny Perne have a formal professional relationship as teacher and headmistress.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/chapters/vi)

Julia, the new Irish pupil teacher, arrives at Banbury Park. Her presence changes the school atmosphere, and she forms a complex, guarded relationship with Miriam.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/backwater_se/chapters/x)

Performs painfully at the prize-giving, revealing her desolation and shadow-filled life.

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