# Little Lord Tangent — Decline and Fall character guide

> Little Lord Tangent in Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tangent, Lord Tangent

**First appearance:** 0008-part-i-viii-the-sports

## Who they are

A young pupil at Llanabba who is accidentally shot.

## In the story

### [I: Vocation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-i-i-vocation)

Mentioned as a new pupil at Llanabba, son of the Earl of Circumference.

### [V: The Passing of a Public School Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/decline_and_fall_se/chapters/part-iii-v-the-passing-of-a-public-school-man)

Mentioned as dead in Paul's reflection on mortality.

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