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Five Children and It · Character

Lady Chittenden

A local noblewoman who interacts with the children.

minor

First appearance: vi a castle and no dinner

Lady Chittenden's tie to The Lamb is one of the pressures that moves Five Children and It—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

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With The Lamb (social): Lady Chittenden is a neighbor who interacts with The Lamb, often in a fussy or condescending manner. With The Lamb (social): Lady Chittenden is a neighbor who interacts with The Lamb, often in a…

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Character Web

14 connections

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TLThe LambANAntheaBABabyCYCyrilMAMarthaLCLady Chittenden

Relationship types

  • Social
  • Other

Character groups

  • Core family and household
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This is the story's dramatic climax because Cyril’s secret, early-morning negotiation with the Psammead repres…

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See Lady Chittenden in vi a castle and no dinner