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The Vicar of Wakefield · Character

Dick Primrose

One of the younger Primrose children.

minor

Also known as little Dick, brother Dick

First appearance: i

Dick Primrose shows up with force in A Proof That Even the Humblest Fortune May Grant Happiness. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Receives a Sunday waistcoat made from his sisters' altered gowns.
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In A Proof That Even the Humblest Fortune May Grant Happiness: Receives a Sunday waistcoat made from his sisters' altered gowns. Later, in VI: Offers his part of the bed to Mr. Burchell, demonstrating hospitality, and…

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DPDr. PrimroseBPBill PrimroseMBMr. BurchellSWSir William Th…SPSophia PrimroseDPDick Primrose

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Primrose family and associates
  • Protagonist
  • Extended cast and background figures

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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