Dolly Varden

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Dolly Varden is a lively, coquettish young woman from Charles Dickens’s novel "Barnaby Rudge," whose name later inspired a popular 19th-century fashion style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Barnaby Rudge NERFINISHED
associatedWith Victorian fancy dress costumes
broad-brimmed hats with flowers and ribbons
colorful printed cotton dresses
flowered muslin gowns
over-skirts and polonaises
authorNationality English
characterIn Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
creator Charles Dickens NERFINISHED
describedAs coquettish
lively
fictionalUniverse Barnaby Rudge universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Barnaby Rudge NERFINISHED
gender female
genreOfWorkAppearedIn historical novel
hasCulturalImpact Victorian fashion
popular culture of the 19th century
hasNameOrigin character name used as fashion term
influenced use of female character names for fashion labels
inspired Dolly Varden as a 19th-century fashion icon
Dolly Varden costume in 19th-century theatre
Dolly Varden dress style
Dolly Varden fashion
Dolly Varden hat style
Dolly Varden polonaise dress
Dolly Varden print fabrics
Dolly Varden-themed illustrations
Dolly Varden-themed paintings
Dolly Varden-themed songs
inspiredBy 18th-century fashions
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature NERFINISHED
notableFor being a flirtatious young woman in Dickens’s fiction
giving her name to a fashion craze
partOf the cast of characters in Barnaby Rudge
timeOfCulturalPopularity 1870s fashion
19th century
workPublicationDate 1841

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Barnaby Rudge character Dolly Varden