Vanity Fair, Chapter 43: Zusammenfassung

Was geschieht

1. At Bundlegunge, Lady O’Dowd protects and dominates the regiment’s households while planning a marriage between Glorvina and Dobbin.
2. Glorvina pursues Dobbin through music, rides, visits, and borrowed possessions, but he remains devoted to Amelia.
3. Amelia congratulates Dobbin on his supposed engagement, leaving him angry, sleepless, and distressed by her apparent indifference.
4. Glorvina’s pink dress and dancing fail to stir Dobbin’s interest or jealousy.
5. Dobbin corrects the marriage rumor in letters but delays opening another letter from his sister.
6. Reading Ann Dobbin’s report of Amelia’s proposed marriage, he rushes to the Colonel and demands immediate leave for England.

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Dobbin’s demand breaks his outward calm. Ann’s report about Amelia turns his private distress into an immediate request to leave.

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