# Ginger Littlejohn — Vile Bodies character guide

> Ginger Littlejohn in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. 'Ginger' Littlejohn, Young Mr. Littlejohn, Poor Ginger

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Snapshot

Ginger Littlejohn is the decent, well-off young man who asks Nina to marry him and gets her, mostly by being uncomplicated and available.

## Who they are

Ginger is a childhood friend of Nina's, straightforward, solvent, and cheerfully oblivious to the romantic wreckage he leaves behind by proposing. He turns up at parties with his hands clasped under his coattails, strutting and pleasant, a walking contrast to Adam's anxious improvisation. His engagement to Nina forces the novel's central triangle into the open and makes Adam's poverty feel like a verdict.

## Relationships

### [Adam Fenwick-Symes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/adam_fenwick_symes)

_friendship_

Ginger is Adam's loyal but hapless friend and rival for Nina's affection, often caught in awkward situations due to his simple-mindedness.

### [Nina Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/nina_blount)

_romantic_

Ginger is infatuated with Nina and pursues her romantically, but she treats him with amused indifference, preferring Adam.

### [Lottie Crump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/lottie_crump)

_social_

Ginger is a guest at Lottie Crump's hotel, and she treats him with the same boisterous hospitality she offers all her eccentric lodgers.

### [Adam Fenwick-Symes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/adam_fenwick_symes)

_friendship_

Ginger is Adam's loyal but hapless friend and rival for Nina's affection, often caught in awkward situations due to his simple-mindedness.

### [Adam Fenwick-Symes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/adam_fenwick_symes)

_friendship_

Ginger is Adam's loyal but hapless friend and rival for Nina's affection, often caught in awkward situations due to his simple-mindedness.

### [Lottie Crump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/lottie_crump)

_social_

Ginger is a guest at Lottie Crump's hotel, and she treats him with the same boisterous hospitality she offers all her eccentric lodgers.

### [Nina Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/nina_blount)

_romantic_

Ginger is infatuated with Nina and pursues her romantically, but she treats him with amused indifference, preferring Adam.

### [Nina Blount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/nina_blount)

_romantic_

Ginger is infatuated with Nina and pursues her romantically, but she treats him with amused indifference, preferring Adam.

### [Lottie Crump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/characters/lottie_crump)

_social_

Ginger is a guest at Lottie Crump's hotel, and she treats him with the same boisterous hospitality she offers all her eccentric lodgers.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/vii)

Transfigured by Adam's column; encountered by Adam and Nina at the November Handicap.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/viii)

Drives Adam and Nina to the airship party; enjoys the event and makes a new friend, Miles.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned by Nina as helping write Adam's column.

### [The Motor Race Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/x)

Not directly present in this chapter.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as the man Nina is engaged to marry.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/xii)

Buys Adam's share in Nina for £78.16.2; trusts Nina but is furious at the idea of her seeing Adam.

### [Happy Ending](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/happy-ending)

Mentioned in Nina's letter as working in Whitehall and being pleased about the baby.

## Links

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