# Page Dearborn — The Pit character guide

> Page Dearborn in The Pit by Frank Norris.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Page, Miss Page, Sometimes Page

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Snapshot

Laura's younger sister — brown-haired, mandolin-strumming, gravely pretty — who watches her sister's suitors with pursed-lip judgments about good form.

## Who they are

Page accompanies Laura on the Cresslers' steps, thrumming her mandolin while the older men circle, her boyish figure and grey-blue eyes still deepening toward a maturity her form hasn't caught up with. She primly declares Laura a flirt and parades her own ideas of good form, a small moral chorus against her sister's cool experiments in courtship. Her eventual marriage to Landry Court quietly extends the Dearborn sisters' story into the next generation of Chicago households.

## Relationships

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Page Dearborn is Laura's younger sister, and their relationship is one of close familial affection and mutual support.

### [Landry Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/landry_court)

_romantic_

Landry Court eventually marries Page Dearborn after Laura rejects him, forming a stable and affectionate partnership.

### [Laura Jadwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_jadwin)

_family_

As sisters, Laura Jadwin and Page Dearborn maintain a loving bond, though Laura's marriage and Page's eventual marriage to Landry Court create some distance.

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Page Dearborn is Laura's younger sister, and their relationship is one of close familial affection and mutual support.

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Page Dearborn is Laura's younger sister, and their relationship is one of close familial affection and mutual support.

### [Landry Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/landry_court)

_romantic_

Landry Court eventually marries Page Dearborn after Laura rejects him, forming a stable and affectionate partnership.

### [Laura Jadwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_jadwin)

_family_

As sisters, Laura Jadwin and Page Dearborn maintain a loving bond, though Laura's marriage and Page's eventual marriage to Landry Court create some distance.

### [Landry Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/landry_court)

_romantic_

Landry Court eventually marries Page Dearborn after Laura rejects him, forming a stable and affectionate partnership.

### [Laura Jadwin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_jadwin)

_family_

As sisters, Laura Jadwin and Page Dearborn maintain a loving bond, though Laura's marriage and Page's eventual marriage to Landry Court create some distance.

## In the story

### [Principal Characters in the Novel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/chapters/principal-characters-in-the-novel)

Introduced as Laura's sister.

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

Page is Laura's sister, who provides information about Curtis Jadwin and is hesitant to approach him herself, preferring to wait.

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

Laura's younger sister, who has already moved to Chicago for school and is now living with Laura.

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

Page calls Laura to the rehearsal and later declares her sister a flirt, disapproving of Laura's behavior with multiple men.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/chapters/v)

Present at the wedding, prays in the church while waiting for the ceremony to begin.

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

Page lectures Landry on intellectual growth and discusses literature and companionship with him in the library.

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

Discusses Laura's distress with Landry and expresses concern about Jadwin's speculation.

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

Accompanies Laura and the party; receives a telegram that Landry Court is sick and unable to join.

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

Defends Landry Court's dedication to his work, criticizes Laura for not supporting Jadwin, and announces her engagement to Landry.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/chapters/conclusion)

Writes a letter to Laura, now married to Landry Court, sharing news of friends and her hope for a simple life.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/page_dearborn
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters