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Tom Brown’s School Days · Character

Charity Lamb

A servant or village woman mentioned in passing.

minor

Also known as Charity

First appearance: The Veast

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Tom's slow-learning, good-hearted nurse, who is pitted against him in a daily war of independence over curds and other childhood rebellions.
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TIThomas IngoldsbyFIFarmer IvesTBTom BrownSBSquire BrownBEBenjaminCLCharity Lamb

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor and Background Characters
  • Rugby School Core Characters
  • Village and Home Characters
  • Protagonist

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

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

In this chapter, Tom Brown reaches his emotional and psychological peak by confronting his deepest fear—the dr…

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