Miss Briggs is Miss Matilda Crawley's companion. Blenkinsop is the longtime housekeeper for the Sedleys. Binny proposes to Amelia after her husband's death, but his proposal is rejected. Lady Bareacres befriends George in Brussels, where higher-class people are few, but intends to ignore him back in England. Lady Bareacres and her daughter belong to a British family temporarily living in Brussels.

He thinks the world of his wife, Becky, although he is frustrated by her lack of affection for Rawdy, their son. While genial and affectionate, he is somewhat dull-witted, and unlike Becky, he prefers playing with his son, and gambling and fun with fellow soldiers, to social climbing. Rawdon Crawley, Sir Pitt's younger son, is a large, imposing, and handsome man. His seemingly unlimited loyalty to Amelia is finally rewarded when, in the end, he marries her, although by then his love for her has diminished. William Dobbin, George Osborne's army buddy, is a capable and modest army officer who is both George's and Amelia's protector. He marries Amelia because he wants to think of himself as honorable, but his selfishness and lack of good judgment prove devastating for his wife and child. George Osborne is a handsome young man who is charismatic and fun-loving, but also self-centered and shallow, with fickle affections. Joseph Sedley, called 'Jos' by family and friends, is an overweight, vain, buffoonish young man who is nevertheless fond and protective of his sister, Amelia. She marries George Osborne with whom she has a son, Georgy. Read MoreĪmelia Sedley, or 'Emmy' as her family calls her, is a pretty but passive and naive young woman. She marries Rawdon Crawley, with whom she has a son, is a long-lived but insincere friend to Amelia, and eventually becomes the companion of Jos Sedley, controlling him and possibly hastening his death. Becky Sharp, or Rebecca, is an intelligent and ruthless adventuress.

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