# Fame — Fifty-One Tales character guide

> Fame in Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lovely Fame

**First appearance:** 0026-alone-the-immortals

## Who they are

Personification of fame, appears as a character.

## Relationships

### [Notoriety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/notoriety)

_rivalry_

Fame and Notoriety are rival forms of public recognition, each seeking to define a person's legacy.

### [Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/death)

_rivalry_

Death and Fame are rivals, as Fame seeks to grant immortality while Death claims all eventually.

### [Charon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/charon)

_professional_

Charon and Fame have a transactional relationship, as Fame often delivers souls to Charon's ferry.

### [Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/death)

_rivalry_

Death and Fame are rivals, as Fame seeks to grant immortality while Death claims all eventually.

### [Notoriety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/notoriety)

_rivalry_

Fame and Notoriety are rival forms of public recognition, each seeking to define a person's legacy.

### [Notoriety](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/characters/notoriety)

_rivalry_

Fame and Notoriety are rival forms of public recognition, each seeking to define a person's legacy.

## In the story

### [The Assignation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/the-assignation)

Lovely Fame, who trifles with adventurers and mocks the poet, yet promises a future meeting.

### [A Mistaken Identity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fifty_one_tales_se/chapters/a-mistaken-identity)

Fame observes Notoriety being mistaken for her and silently withdraws.

## Links

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