# Valentine Wannop — Some Do Not … character guide

> Valentine Wannop in Some Do Not … by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Valentine, Val, Miss Wannop, the Wannop

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i

## Snapshot

A professor's daughter, suffragist, and sometime novelist who walks Kentish fields with Tietjens and cannot stop her heart from singing.

## Who they are

Valentine Wannop is clever, broke, and fiercely committed to the cause of women, yet she moves through the novel's social world as an outsider — the girl in the housemaid's pantry, the daughter of a woman who wrote her husband's leaders. Her attraction to Christopher is complicated by her disillusion when she discovers that Edith Ethel Duchemin, her idol, has been Macmaster's mistress all along. She matters because she is the one person who sees Tietjens clearly and loves him for exactly what he is, not despite it.

## Relationships

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_rivalry_

Sylvia bitterly resents Valentine as her husband Christopher's emotional attachment and sees her as a rival.

### [Edith Ethel Duchemin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/edith_ethel_duchemin)

_friendship_

Edith Ethel and Valentine are close friends and confidantes, though Edith Ethel's ambitions sometimes strain the bond.

### [Christopher Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/christopher_tietjens)

_romantic_

Christopher and Valentine share a deep, unspoken romantic love, marked by intense emotional connection and moral restraint.

### [Vincent Macmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/vincent_macmaster)

_professional_

Valentine and Vincent are acquaintances through social circles, with Vincent viewing her as a rival for Edith Ethel's attention.

### [Mark Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/mark_tietjens)

_friendship_

Mark respects Valentine for her integrity and loyalty to Christopher, forming a quiet but firm alliance.

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_rivalry_

Sylvia bitterly resents Valentine as her husband Christopher's emotional attachment and sees her as a rival.

### [Edith Ethel Duchemin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/edith_ethel_duchemin)

_friendship_

Edith Ethel and Valentine are close friends and confidantes, though Edith Ethel's ambitions sometimes strain the bond.

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_rivalry_

Sylvia bitterly resents Valentine as her husband Christopher's emotional attachment and sees her as a rival.

### [Vincent Macmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/vincent_macmaster)

_professional_

Valentine and Vincent are acquaintances through social circles, with Vincent viewing her as a rival for Edith Ethel's attention.

### [Vincent Macmaster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/vincent_macmaster)

_professional_

Valentine and Vincent are acquaintances through social circles, with Vincent viewing her as a rival for Edith Ethel's attention.

### [Christopher Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/christopher_tietjens)

_romantic_

Christopher and Valentine share a deep, unspoken romantic love, marked by intense emotional connection and moral restraint.

### [Edith Ethel Duchemin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/characters/edith_ethel_duchemin)

_friendship_

Edith Ethel and Valentine are close friends and confidantes, though Edith Ethel's ambitions sometimes strain the bond.

## In the story

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

Mentioned as the recipient of Mr. Waterhouse's kind messages and as the suspected organizer of the suffragette raid.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-i-v)

Appears transformed in silk and coiled hair; Tietjens notes her as a possible wife for Macmaster and a heroine who sacrificed for her family.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-i-vi)

Debates women's suffrage with Tietjens, shows emotional frustration, walks with him in the fields.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Shares the night drive with Tietjens, challenges his intellectual condescension, and comforts him after the accident.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Referenced as the woman Sylvia wrote about to Lord Port Scatho, and as someone Tietjens helps with newspaper articles.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-ii-iii)

Falsely accused of having a child by Christopher; Mr. Tietjens believes the rumor.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-ii-iv)

Narrates her memories and current situation; reflects on Tietjens, Mrs. Duchemin, and her family's struggles.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-ii-v)

Struggles with the phone call from Sylvia Tietjens, reflects on her love for Christopher Tietjens, and contemplates her moral stance on sexuality and war journalism.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/some_do_not_se/chapters/part-ii-vi)

Shares a tender farewell with Tietjens; gives him a parchment with a Hebrew blessing; expresses readiness to be with him and recalls their first spoken signs of love.

## Links

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