Amelia Sedley

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fictional character literary character novel character

Amelia Sedley is a gentle, naive, and long-suffering heroine in William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel "Vanity Fair," whose romantic idealism contrasts sharply with the cynicism of the society around her.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
novel character ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptations of Vanity Fair ⓘ
stage adaptations of Vanity Fair ⓘ
television adaptations of Vanity Fair ⓘ
appearsIn Vanity Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedEvent Battle of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait gentle ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
long-suffering ⓘ
naive ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
child George Osborne Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
closeFriend Rebecca Sharp NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastsWith cynicism of Vanity Fair society ⓘ
creator William Makepeace Thackeray NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Sedley NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod Napoleonic Wars era ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Vanity Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationWork Vanity Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1847 ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Amelia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
loveInterest George Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ
moralAlignment morally upright ⓘ
narrativeFunction foil to Rebecca Sharp ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableCharacteristic devotion to George Osborne ⓘ
maternal affection ⓘ
parent John Sedley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mrs. Sedley NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisherOfWork Punch magazine (serialisation of Vanity Fair) NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Russell Square, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInWork heroine ⓘ
settingOfLife Regency England NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling Jos Sedley NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialClass middle class ⓘ
spouse George Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Dobbin NERFINISHED ⓘ
themeAssociation domestic virtue ⓘ
female passivity ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
romantic idealism ⓘ
undergoesDevelopment gains emotional maturity ⓘ

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Vanity Fair (1998 TV serial) → mainCharacter → Amelia Sedley ⓘ
Becky Sharp (fictional character) → friendOf → Amelia Sedley ⓘ
subject surface form: Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp (fictional character) → contrastedWith → Amelia Sedley ⓘ
subject surface form: Becky Sharp