![]() ![]() When Georgy thinks it is vulgar to sit in the pit at the theater, Dobbin lets him sit where he likes but goes to the pit himself. This is George's opinion of Dobbin: "There's not a finer fellow in the service, nor a better officer, though he is not an Adonis." Again he is described as "a lanky-gawky fellow tumbles over everybody."ĭobbin exerts a good influence over little George in that he gives him some values in place of those of Vanity Fair. It is he who sees that they marry, that George is more or less kind to Amelia and after George's death, it is Dobbin who reconciles old Osborne to Amelia, whereby both Amelia and Georgy have position and wealth. Dobbin appears thereafter as the guardian of George's and Amelia's interests. But, in the end, even Becky, the most ardent admirer of Vanity Fair, wishes she might have had a man like Dobbin, in spite of his big feet.ĭobbin first appears in defense of little George Osborne, whereat George is shamed that his defender is not of a higher social status. ![]() His name indicates a plodder-a workhorse-a dog, even his devotion to Amelia is dog-like. Actually the only gentleman in the book is William Dobbin, but as Thackeray takes pains to point out, his feet are too big for him to qualify in Vanity Fair. Thackeray has called this book a novel without a hero. ![]()
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