Vanity Fair, Chapter 36 summary
Chapter 36 of 68 · 15 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 36, Rebecca and Rawdon Crawley maintain their Paris lifestyle through gambling and unpaid bills, but their worsening reputation makes Rebecca seek a return to England. She persuades his English creditors to accept a small settlement, while their French debts remain unpaid and their young son suffers neglect.
What happens
- The narrator questions how fashionable households afford their comforts, then turns to the Crawleys’ apparently income-free life.
- Rebecca enjoys aristocratic society in Paris, while Rawdon earns money through gambling and attracts accusations of cheating.
- A quarrel with the O’Dowds threatens a duel, and Rebecca decides that gambling cannot provide lasting security.
- Rawdon leaves for Brussels, while Rebecca departs from Paris with unpaid bills and leaves their son with her maid.
- Rebecca negotiates a settlement of Rawdon’s English debts for fifteen hundred pounds, enabling his return.
- Their son narrowly escapes drowning during the maid’s neglect, and the Crawleys establish themselves in Curzon Street.
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