# Miss Wade — Little Dorrit character guide

> Miss Wade in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Wade, Wade

**First appearance:** 0040-i-fellow-travellers

## Snapshot

A watchful, embittered woman whose silences carry more weight than other people's speeches, she fixes her attention on Tattycoram with unsettling intensity.

## Who they are

Miss Wade moves through the novel as a figure of cold, withheld grievance, someone whose past has curdled into a general suspicion of kindness and an appetite for others' resentment. She singles out Tattycoram, the Meagles' adopted daughter, and speaks to the girl's smoldering sense of injustice in a way no one else bothers to. Her presence sharpens the book's questions about who gets to belong, and at what cost.

## In the story

### [Fellow Travellers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/ii-fellow-travellers)

A solitary, proud young woman who questions forgiveness and later observes Tattycoram's turmoil.

### [Nobody's Weakness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xvi-nobody-s-weakness)

Mentioned as having written to Tattycoram and met her near the church, offering her considerate treatment.

### [Five-and-Twenty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxvii-five-and-twenty)

Sought by Mr. Meagles and Arthur as a possible contact for Tattycoram; not found during their search.

### [Nobody's Disappearance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxviii-nobody-s-disappearance)

Has left the empty house with Tattycoram and the furniture, refusing all communication.

### [Introduces the Next](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xx-introduces-the-next)

Reveals she hired Blandois as a spy in Italy, expresses hatred for Henry Gowan and his wife, and offers Clennam a written account of her life.

### [The History of a Self-Tormentor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxi-the-history-of-a-self-tormentor)

Narrates her own history, revealing her deep-seated resentment and self-tormenting nature.

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