Vanity Fair · Character
Miss Crawley
Wealthy, eccentric spinster whose fortune every Crawley relative courts, and whose French novels cannot prepare her for a governess refusing a baronet on her drawing-room floor.
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Also known as Old Miss Crawley, Miss Crawley, the rich Miss Crawley
First appearance: viii private and confidential
As a supporting figure in Vanity Fair, Miss Crawley is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Sir Pitt's wealthy unmarried half-sister, whose fortune makes her an object of great respect and whose inheritance is courted by both the baronet and the rectory family.
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Miss Crawley holds the family purse strings and the family's attention, reading Pigault-Lebrun while nephews and in-laws orbit her for inheritance. When Sir Pitt proposes to Rebecca and is refused, she is more…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Miss Crawley's circle
- Minor characters and servants
- Social climbers and soldiers
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Miss Crawley appears across 13 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- IX: Family Portraits
- X: Miss Sharp Begins to Make Friends
- XI: Arcadian Simplicity
- Miss Crawley at Home
- XV: In Which Rebecca's Husband Appears for a Short Time
- Chapter XVI: The Letter on the Pincushion
- How Captain Dobbin Bought a Piano
- Miss Crawley at Nurse
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