Rebecca (Becky) Sharp: The central character. She is
Amelia Sedley’s friend, and later Rawdon Crawley’s wife.
She is from a poor background but is clever and cunning.
Amelia Sedley: Rebecca’s friend and the wife of George
Osborne, and mother of Georgy. She is nice but naïve.
Joseph Sedley: Joseph is Amelia’s older brother. He is rich,
worries about his health a lot and exaggerates his limited
achievements.
John Sedley: Father of Amelia and Joseph, he was very
rich, but loses all his money.
Old John Osborne: Father of George, John is a mean and
calculating man. He is upset and angry with his son. He
tries to be good at the end.
George Osborne: George has a long relationship with the
Sedley family and with Dobbin. He is a good-looking,
self-centred, proud, free-spending, gambler. He marries
Amelia and dies in a war.