# Fiordelisa — The Venetians character guide

> Fiordelisa in The Venetians by M. E. Braddon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fiordelisa—and Fiordelisa, Fiordelisa—otherwise

**First appearance:** 0000-i-in-the-city-by-the-sea

## Who they are

A poetic or symbolic name, possibly an alter ego or ideal, referenced in the narrative.

## In the story

### [Afterthoughts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/ii-afterthoughts)

Vansittart worries about her fate after the fatal night, fearing she may fall into a life of sin.

### [VIII: A Face in the Crowd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/viii-a-face-in-the-crowd)

Vansittart sees her performing in the chorus at the opera and is consumed with fear and guilt over his role in her lover's death.

### [X: “As Things That Are Not Shall These Things Be”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_venetians_se/chapters/x-as-things-that-are-not-shall-these-things-be)

Vansittart refers to Lisa as Fiordelisa in his thoughts, remembering her from Venice. She is the same person as Lisa, but the alias is used in the narrative.

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