# Miss Fenne — Memoirs of a Midget character guide

> Miss Fenne in Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Miss Fenne

**First appearance:** 0016-xi

## Who they are

A woman of some misfortune mentioned in the story.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/ii)

The narrator's godmother, who visits on Christmas morning and calls her a 'Shrimp,' causing distress.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as a contrast; the narrator briefly becomes a 'diminutive Miss Fenne' after confirmation.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/iv)

Appears unannounced twice, once after the mother's death and once during a tense moment with the narrator's father.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/v)

The narrator's godmother who visits after the father's death, offers a home, and later writes a letter arranging for the narrator to live with Mrs. Bowater.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/vii)

Recalled in a memory, Miss Fenne took the narrator to the churchyard and spoke at length about death and the grave.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned as someone who, despite her, the narrator's parents seldom took her to church.

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