# Miss Pinkerton — Vanity Fair character guide

> Miss Pinkerton in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the orthodox Miss Pinkerton, Miss Jemima Pinkerton, Jemima

**First appearance:** 0001-i-chiswick-mall

## Who they are

Headmistress of Chiswick Mall academy where Amelia and Becky were educated.

## In the story

### [I: Chiswick Mall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/i-chiswick-mall)

Majestic headmistress; pompous, refuses Becky a Dictionary, writes a self-important letter.

### [I: Chiswick Mall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/i-chiswick-mall)

Good-natured sister; timid, tries to give Becky a Dictionary but is overruled.

### [In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/ii-in-which-miss-sharp-and-miss-sedley-prepare-to-open-the-campaign)

Headmistress of the academy; Rebecca expresses intense hatred for her.

### [In Which Miss Sharp and Miss Sedley Prepare to Open the Campaign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/ii-in-which-miss-sharp-and-miss-sedley-prepare-to-open-the-campaign)

Witnesses Rebecca's defiant act of throwing the dictionary.

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