# Rosa — Short Fiction character guide

> Rosa in Short Fiction by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Rosa

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

## Who they are

A poor woman whose romantic life is tragic.

## In the story

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/i)

Their pretty fourteen-year-old sister, who tries to get her brothers to play with her but is dismissed.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/ii)

Their sister, studying in Brussels, supported financially by Joshua's borrowed money.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/iii)

Joshua's sister, recently returned from Brussels, who charms the manor-house family and becomes a key asset in her brother's ambitions.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/iv)

The sister whose third visit to Narrobourne House is expected to lead to a proposal from Albert Fellmer.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_53_se/chapters/v)

Rosa is happily married and unaware of her father's fate; she recalls a cry she heard before her wedding.

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