# Alicia Wade — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Alicia Wade in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Wade, Alice

**First appearance:** 0010-i-he-sits-out-a-dance

## Who they are

A young woman, a friend of the narrator.

## In the story

### [He Revisits Fairhaven and the Play](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/v-he-revisits-fairhaven-and-the-play)

Nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House.'

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

She nicknames the narrator 'the Child in the House,' a label that sticks.

### [VII: He Goes Mad in a Garden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/vii-he-goes-mad-in-a-garden)

Listed among the clever women at Charteris's house-party whom the narrator finds objectionable.

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

Mentioned as one of the clever, cynical women in Charteris's house-party whom the narrator finds objectionable.

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

Mentioned as one of the clever women from the narrator's world who would consider Elena a fool.

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