# Miss Neville — She Stoops to Conquer character guide

> Miss Neville in She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Constance Neville, Constance, Neville, Miss Constance Neville

**First appearance:** 0004-act-i

## Snapshot

Mrs. Hardcastle's jewel-heiress ward, outwardly courting a booby cousin while secretly pledged to Hastings and scheming to keep her fortune.

## Who they are

As Mrs. Hardcastle's ward, Constance Neville is a fortune in jewels trapped inside a family that means to keep her there by marrying her to Tony. She feigns affection for that 'pretty monster' while her real affections are fixed on Hastings, and she lets her aunt believe the deception is working. Her double game gives the courtship plot its engine: every tête-à-tête with Mrs. Hardcastle is a small battle over who will finally control her inheritance.

## Relationships

### [Tony Lumpkin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_stoops_to_conquer_se/characters/tony_lumpkin)

_family_

Miss Neville and Tony Lumpkin are cousins, with Tony being forced upon her as a suitor by Mrs. Hardcastle, though she despises the idea.

### [Hastings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_stoops_to_conquer_se/characters/hastings)

_romantic_

Hastings and Miss Neville are secret lovers, planning to elope against the wishes of Mrs. Hardcastle.

### [Miss Hardcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/she_stoops_to_conquer_se/characters/miss_hardcastle)

_friendship_

Miss Hardcastle and Miss Neville are close friends and confidantes, supporting each other's romantic pursuits.

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