# Miss Swartz — Vanity Fair character guide

> Miss Swartz in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Swartz, honest Swartz, the impetuous and woolly-headed Miss Swartz

**First appearance:** 0021-xxi-a-quarrel-about-an-heiress

## Who they are

Wealthy, kind-hearted heiress of mixed race, courted by George Osborne for her money.

## In the story

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

Rich mulatto heiress from St. Kitt's; weeps passionately at Amelia's departure.

### [In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Messenger of Hymen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/xx-in-which-captain-dobbin-acts-as-the-messenger-of-hymen)

A wealthy West Indian heiress with diamonds and plantations, courted by George's family; described as good-natured but unpolished.

### [A Quarrel About an Heiress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/xxi-a-quarrel-about-an-heiress)

The wealthy heiress who is the target of the Osborne family's conspiracy; she is flattered by their attention and becomes infatuated with George.

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