# Amelia Van Orden — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Amelia Van Orden in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Amelia Van Orden

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

## Who they are

A young woman, a friend of the narrator's family.

## In the story

### [I: He Sits Out a Dance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/i-he-sits-out-a-dance)

Mentioned as the narrator's just-relinquished partner, a person of extraordinary beauty, whose example influences Stella.

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

Miss Van Orden is described as a person of extraordinary beauty even in girlhood, and the narrator's just relinquished partner.

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

Amelia is the object of the narrator's current heartbreak; Charteris remembers her as a singer with a questionable reputation.

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

Recalled from eight years ago, when the narrator danced with her.

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