# Jenny — Short Fiction character guide

> Jenny in Short Fiction by George MacDonald.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Janet, Miss Janet

**First appearance:** 0000-a-double-story

## Who they are

A young woman appearing in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Uncle Cornelius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/characters/uncle_cornelius)

_family_

Jenny is the niece or ward of Uncle Cornelius, with a familial bond of care and authority.

### [Uncle Cornelius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/characters/uncle_cornelius)

_family_

Jenny is the niece or ward of Uncle Cornelius, with a familial bond of care and authority.

### [Uncle Cornelius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/characters/uncle_cornelius)

_family_

Jenny is the niece or ward of Uncle Cornelius, with a familial bond of care and authority.

## In the story

### [III: The Old Woman and Her Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/iii-the-old-woman-and-her-hen)

The old woman's hen who gathers wool and leads Colin partway on his journey.

### [V: The Moss Vineyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/v-the-moss-vineyard)

Mentioned as the one whose egg Colin finds and eats, and whose path marks the circle for the trench.

### [The Old Woman and Her Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/x-the-old-woman-and-her-hen)

The old woman's hen who fetches cotton-grass wool and later shows Colin the road to the cobbler.

### [The Goblin Cobbler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/xi-the-goblin-cobbler)

Called for by Colin on the moor, but does not appear.

### [Uncle Cornelius His Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_21_se/chapters/uncle-cornelius-his-story)

Another niece of Cornelius; skeptical and somewhat rude in her questioning of his beliefs about ghosts.

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