Vanity Fair, Chapter 66: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Rebecca invents an account of persecution and separation from her child, winning Amelia’s sympathy and an invitation to stay.
2. Dobbin overhears students discussing Rebecca’s gambling and dubious concert plans, then unsuccessfully urges Amelia and Jos to exclude her.
3. Rebecca joins the household and persuades Georgy to conceal their encounter at a gaming establishment.
4. Tapeworm supplies damaging gossip about Rebecca, but Amelia rejects Dobbin’s objections and accuses him of insulting George’s memory.
5. Dobbin declares that Amelia cannot match his devotion and ends his pursuit, while Rebecca secretly overhears and offers help.
6. Dobbin tears up Rebecca’s note and departs by carriage, leaving Georgy weeping and Amelia with George’s portrait.

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Dobbin stops accepting Amelia’s unequal terms. His judgment turns a dispute about Rebecca into a decisive rejection of his own long submission.

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