Bleak House

Bleak House

by

Charles Dickens

Prince Turveydrop Character Analysis

Prince Turveydrop is a dance teacher, the son of Mr. Turveydrop, and the husband of Caddy Jellyby. Prince is a sweet, earnest, and hard-working young man who goes out of his way to make sure that his father, who has pretensions of being an aristocrat even though he is not of noble birth, is able to live a lavish lifestyle. Prince is dedicated to his father and is completely convinced that his father is extremely important in the London social scene and in fashionable circles. Prince is a loving and naïve son, as he never questions why he and his wife have to work so hard to sustain his father’s lavish and leisurely lifestyle.

Prince Turveydrop Quotes in Bleak House

The Bleak House quotes below are all either spoken by Prince Turveydrop or refer to Prince Turveydrop. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 30 Quotes

One other singularity was, that nobody with a mission—except Mr Quale, whose mission, as I think I have formerly said, was to be in ecstasies with everybody’s mission—cared at all for anybody’s mission. Mrs Pardiggle being as clear that the only one infallible course was her course of pouncing upon the poor, and applying benevolence to them like a strait-waistcoat; as Miss Wisk was that the only practical thing for the world was the emancipation of Woman from the thraldom of her Tyrant, Man. Mrs Jellyby, all the while, sat smiling at the limited vision that could see anything but Borrioboola-Gha.

Related Characters: Esther Summerson (speaker), Ada Clare, Mrs. Jellyby, Mrs. Pardiggle, Mr. Quale, Caddy Jellyby, Prince Turveydrop
Page Number: 362
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Prince Turveydrop Quotes in Bleak House

The Bleak House quotes below are all either spoken by Prince Turveydrop or refer to Prince Turveydrop. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Social Mobility, Class, and Lineage Theme Icon
).
Chapter 30 Quotes

One other singularity was, that nobody with a mission—except Mr Quale, whose mission, as I think I have formerly said, was to be in ecstasies with everybody’s mission—cared at all for anybody’s mission. Mrs Pardiggle being as clear that the only one infallible course was her course of pouncing upon the poor, and applying benevolence to them like a strait-waistcoat; as Miss Wisk was that the only practical thing for the world was the emancipation of Woman from the thraldom of her Tyrant, Man. Mrs Jellyby, all the while, sat smiling at the limited vision that could see anything but Borrioboola-Gha.

Related Characters: Esther Summerson (speaker), Ada Clare, Mrs. Jellyby, Mrs. Pardiggle, Mr. Quale, Caddy Jellyby, Prince Turveydrop
Page Number: 362
Explanation and Analysis: