Charlotte Bartlett: The Chaperone

From A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Lucy's spinster cousin and chaperone embodies repressive Edwardian propriety, though the novel hints she may secretly enable Lucy's escape from convention.
Chapter 7

Charlotte's reaction to the kiss in the violets — her interrogation of Lucy that drives them from Florence.

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Chapter 20

George's suggestion that Charlotte secretly wanted Lucy to find love — the ambiguous, much-debated final reassessment of her character.

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