Vanity Fair · Character
Lady Blanche Thistlewood
A fashionable society lady who appears in the charade scene at Gaunt House.
minor
Also known as Lady Blanche, Blanche, the Lady Blanche Thistlewood
First appearance: li in which a charade is acted which may or may not puzzle the reader
Lady Blanche Thistlewood shows up with force in In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Dances with George and snubs Amelia at the dinner.
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In In Which Amelia Invades the Low Countries: Dances with George and snubs Amelia at the dinner. Later, in Gaunt House: Daughter of the Bareacres family, married to Lord Gaunt; the couple lived apart and had no…
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- Minor characters and servants
- Social climbers and soldiers
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