# Doris — The Painted Veil character guide

> Doris in The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Kitty's younger sister, who marries a baronet and is favored by their mother.

## Relationships

### [Kitty Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/kitty_fane)

_family_

Sibling rivalry with Doris being the more sensible, conventionally successful sister, causing Kitty's jealousy.

### [Walter Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/walter_fane)

_family_

A distant brother-in-law relationship, with Doris viewing Walter as a respectable but unremarkable man.

### [Mother Superior](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/mother_superior)

_social_

A minimal, indirect acquaintance through Kitty's reports of the convent.

### [Walter Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/walter_fane)

_family_

A distant brother-in-law relationship, with Doris viewing Walter as a respectable but unremarkable man.

### [Kitty Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/kitty_fane)

_family_

Sibling rivalry with Doris being the more sensible, conventionally successful sister, causing Kitty's jealousy.

### [Kitty Fane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/characters/kitty_fane)

_family_

Sibling rivalry with Doris being the more sensible, conventionally successful sister, causing Kitty's jealousy.

## In the story

### [The Painted Veil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/the-painted-veil)

Kitty's younger sister, whose engagement to a wealthy man triggers Kitty's hasty marriage to Walter.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned indirectly as another daughter sharing the same indifferent and contemptuous attitude toward their father.

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

Doris, Kitty's younger sister, becomes engaged to Geoffrey Dennison, a medical baronet, despite her plain appearance.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/x)

Doris's engagement to Geoffrey Dennison is announced, intensifying Kitty's sense of competition and failure.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/xi)

Kitty compares herself to her younger sister Doris, who is to be married in November. Kitty's desire to avoid being a bridesmaid and to escape Doris's overshadowing wedding contributes to her acceptance.

### [LXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/lxi)

Kitty thinks of Doris's near-death experience in childbirth and her mother's satisfaction at the birth of an heir.

### [LXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/lxxviii)

Kitty's sister writes to her about their mother's operation and her own pregnancy.

### [LXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/lxxix)

Kitty's sister, who arrives weeping dramatically over their mother's death.

### [LXXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_painted_veil_se/chapters/lxxx)

Mentioned as Kitty's sister, who has a son and lives in London.

## Links

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