# Malchen — Short Fiction character guide

> Malchen in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** This Malchen

**First appearance:** 0066-why-frau-frohmann-raised-her-prices

## Who they are

A young woman in the Frau Frohmann story.

## In the story

### [The Brunnenthal Peacock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/i-the-brunnenthal-peacock)

Frau Frohmann's daughter, also called Amalia, who serves as an indoor helper but has no real authority.

### [II: The Beginning of Troubles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/ii-the-beginning-of-troubles)

Frau Frohmann's daughter, who seems indifferent to the impact of price increases and is preoccupied with fashion and love.

### [The Question of the Mitgift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iii-the-question-of-the-mitgift)

Anxious about her dowry and frustrated with her mother's financial stubbornness.

### [The Frau Returns to the Simplicity of the Old Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/iv-the-frau-returns-to-the-simplicity-of-the-old-days)

Seeks a decision from her mother about her dowry and marriage to Fritz Schlessen, but is told to wait.

### [VII: And Gold Becomes Cheap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/vii-and-gold-becomes-cheap)

Mentioned as about to marry and leave, prompting the kaplan's suggestion that Peter take a wife.

### [It Doesn't Make Any Difference to Any of Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/viii-it-doesn-t-make-any-difference-to-any-of-them)

Now married as Frau Schlessen, she visits the Frauleins Tendel on her mother's behalf to persuade them to return to the Peacock despite the price increase.

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