# Dinah — The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman character guide

> Dinah in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-book-i

## Who they are

A relative of the Shandy family, mentioned in a scandalous anecdote.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xxi)

Great aunt who was married and got with child by the coachman; her affair is a source of family conflict.

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xxii)

Referenced as 'Aunt Dinah' whose story with the coachman caused a digression into the planetary system.

### [Chapter XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xxv)

Mentioned by Walter as someone who might attend a visitation with a bend-sinister.

### [Chapter XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/xxxi)

Aunt Dinah's legacy of a thousand pounds triggers Walter's new round of projects.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned in passing as a comparison to Janatone's potential decline.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tristram_shandy_se/chapters/iii)

Great-aunt Dinah, whose old black velvet mask became bald from use and was abandoned after she was got with child by the coachman.

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