# Henrietta Ashleigh — Oil! character guide

> Henrietta Ashleigh in Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Henrietta

**First appearance:** 0001-oil

## Who they are

A minor character, possibly a socialite.

## In the story

### [X: The University](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/x-the-university)

Bunny's acquaintance; he visits her at the beach but fails to justify his ideas to her due to her prejudice against Bolsheviks.

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

A reserved, high-church Episcopalian student from an old-money family; Bunny idealizes her as a refuge from campus crudeness.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/x)

Bunny visits her at the beach; she has an invincible prejudice against Bolsheviks.

### [XI: The Rebel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xi-the-rebel)

A proper influence on Bunny, disapproves of Rachel Menzies and radical ideas.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/i)

A figure of propriety who represents conventional values; she is cold toward Rachel and embodies the social expectations Bunny struggles with.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xi)

Interviews Bunny and rebukes him for enjoying notoriety, leading Bunny to feel bored with her romantic ideals.

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

The one person who would have answered 'otherwise' to Bunny's question; now hardly a memory.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as someone Vee believed was desperately in love with Bunny due to her pride of caste.

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