Vanity Fair, Chapter 9: samenvatting

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1. Rose Dawson marries Sir Pitt, loses her former companions, and suffers isolation, neglect, and violence in her new home.
2. Her daughters find companionship and instruction with the gardener’s family before Mr. Pitt Crawley secures Miss Sharp’s appointment.
3. Mr. Pitt imposes formal manners at home and pursues political, diplomatic, and religious importance.
4. Sir Pitt refuses to surrender his parliamentary seat, while income from another seat helps support the indebted estate.
5. The narrator exposes Sir Pitt’s failed economies, dishonest dealings, and use of parliamentary standing to avoid paying debts.
6. Miss Crawley’s fortune earns family deference, prompting the narrator to describe the comforts showered on wealthy aunts.

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