# Nadine Neroni — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Nadine Neroni in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Neroni, Miss Nadine Neroni

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

## Who they are

A young woman, a friend of Bettie Hamlyn.

## In the story

### [XI: He Postures Among Chimney-Pots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xi-he-postures-among-chimney-pots)

Nadine Neroni is the new prima donna whom Charteris goes to hear.

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

The new prima donna whom Charteris and his Italian friend have gone to hear at the opera.

### [XII: He Faces Himself and Remembers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xii-he-faces-himself-and-remembers)

Formerly the Signorina, now a kept woman; confronts the narrator about his past and Agnes Faroy.

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

Formerly Signorina Capulet, now a famous courtesan, she confronts the narrator about his past and the death of Agnes Faroy.

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

The Neroni speaks candidly about her singing career, her financial prudence, and her indifference to public gossip, revealing a practical and unromantic nature.

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

Mentioned in the newspaper as la gracieuse cantatrice américaine, performing Marguerite in Faust.

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