# Netty Sargent — Short Fiction character guide

> Netty Sargent in Short Fiction by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Netty, Annetta

**First appearance:** 0002-destiny-and-a-blue-cloak

## Who they are

A woman who uses a clever trick to secure her future.

## In the story

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/xvii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Incident in the Life of Mr. George Crookhill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/incident-in-the-life-of-mr-george-crookhill)

Mentioned as a young woman living with her uncle, known for being clever and up to everything; her story is about to be told.

### [Netty Sargent's Copyhold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/netty-sargent-s-copyhold)

A spry young woman with black hair and dancing eyes; she devises a scheme to save her copyhold after her uncle's sudden death.

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