Vanity Fair
Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
Characters in Vanity Fair
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Becky Sharp
A penniless, clever orphan who schemes her way up English society through charm and calculation.
Amelia Sedley
Becky's gentle, trusting school friend, whose fortunes rise and fall with her marriage and her family's money.
Supporting characters
William Dobbin
An awkward, loyal army officer who loves Amelia and wants only her happiness.
Rawdon Crawley
A dashing, gambling-prone cavalry officer who marries Becky, hoping to keep his rich aunt's favour.
Jos Sedley
Amelia's wealthy, self-important brother, a tax collector home from India.
Sir Pitt Crawley
The coarse, miserly baronet of Queen's Crawley, whose household Becky joins as a governess.
Matilda Crawley
The wealthy, outspoken aunt whose inheritance the Crawley family competes for.
George Osborne
Amelia's vain, self-centred fiancé and Dobbin's friend, the son of a rich merchant.