# Ned Silverton — The House of Mirth character guide

> Ned Silverton in The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Silverton, Ned, young Silverton

**First appearance:** 0004-iv

## Who they are

A young man of good family but no money, part of the social set.

## Relationships

### [Lily Bart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_mirth_se/characters/lily_bart)

_social_

A brief, flirtatious acquaintance that contributes to Lily's reputation for frivolity.

### [Lily Bart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_mirth_se/characters/lily_bart)

_social_

A brief, flirtatious acquaintance that contributes to Lily's reputation for frivolity.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_mirth_se/chapters/vi)

Ned Silverton is mentioned by Selden as an example of a young man whose potential is wasted by society, being used to 'refurbish anybody's social shabbiness.'

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

Silverton is self-absorbed and pessimistic, involved with Bertha Dorset, and complains about the Riviera.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_mirth_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as having squandered his family's money on gambling and living with the rich, now in debt and quarreling with the Dorsets.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_house_of_mirth_se/chapters/ix)

Ned Silverton is among the habitual frequenters of Mrs. Hatch's drawing-room, and his relationship with Stancy seems closer and less clear than natural affinities would warrant.

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