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

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mademoiselle Margarita

**First appearance:** 0050-book-iii

## Who they are

A woman in a comic tale, associated with a stutter.

## In the story

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

The young novice chosen as the abbess's companion for the journey to Bourbon.

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

Participates in the nonsensical vocal exchange with the abbess.

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

The novice who echoes the abbess's fears and laments her virginity.

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

The novice who knows the sinful magic words and speaks calmly to the abbess.

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

The novice who participates in the abbess's scheme to halve sin and calls out syllables to the mules.

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