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Rawdon Minor

Becky and Rawdon's son, neglected by his mother but loved by his father and Lady Jane.

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Also known as little Rawdon, Rawdy, Rawdon Crawley the younger

First appearance: How to Live Well on Nothing a Year

Rawdon Minor shows up with force in How to Live Well on Nothing a Year. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Left in the care of a French nurse near Paris; his mother shows little affection for him.

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In How to Live Well on Nothing a Year: Left in the care of a French nurse near Paris; his mother shows little affection for him. Later, in The Subject Continued: Lives largely neglected by his mother, finds comfort…

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How to Live Well on Nothing a Year
Left in the care of a French nurse near Paris; his mother shows little affection for him.
The Subject Continued
Lives largely neglected by his mother, finds comfort with a housemaid, and shares a close, secret bond with his father.
XLIV: A Roundabout Chapter Between London and Hampshire
Visits Queen's Crawley with his mother, reveals he dines in the kitchen at home, and is awed by the grandeur of the Hall.
Between Hampshire and London
Accompanies his father to Gaunt Street and is fond of Lady Jane.
Sunday After the Battle
Thought of by Rawdon with affection; Rawdon gives his sleeve-buttons to Macmurdo for him.
In Which the Same Subject Is Pursued
Little Rawdon enjoys reading about his father's governorship in the papers and spends holidays at Queen's Crawley.
A Vagabond Chapter
Consigned to the guardianship of his aunt and uncle; he grows to love Lady Jane as his true mother and writes a kind but distant letter to Becky.

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