# Glorvina O'Dowd — Vanity Fair character guide

> Glorvina O'Dowd in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Glorvina O'Dowd, Miss O'Dowd, that Miss O'Dowd

**First appearance:** 0027-xxvii-in-which-amelia-joins-her-regiment

## Who they are

Major O'Dowd's sister, a flirtatious Irish beauty who sets her cap at Dobbin.

## In the story

### [In Which the Reader Has to Double the Cape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/xliii-in-which-the-reader-has-to-double-the-cape)

A handsome, fresh-coloured young lady who sets her cap at Major Dobbin, but fails to win his attention despite her efforts.

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