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Sebastian Flyte
Julia is the oldest daughter of Lord Marchmain and Lady Marchmain, and the sister of The Earl of Brideshead, Sebastian, and Cordelia. Charles meets Julia when she is 19 years old, and the pair take little interest in each other: Charles is preoccupied with Sebastian and Julia is busy with her social life and the realization that she will be eligible to marry soon. Julia is a reserved, composed, and stylish young woman. She is extremely privileged and confident, and treats the world and everyone in it as though they somehow belong to her. Despite her wealthy background, however, Julia worries that her Catholic upbringing will count against her when it comes to finding a husband, which is her main concern in life as a young, rich woman in the early-20th century. Julia has renounced her Catholicism and is attracted to danger and to people who are considered socially taboo. She likes to shock people, and is irritated when Sebastian gets a notorious reputation for his alcoholism, as it takes attention away from her. Despite this, Julia is quite conventional and dislikes scandal and social impropriety. She wishes that Sebastian would go abroad so that he will not embarrass the family, which eventually ends up happening. Julia becomes engaged to, and eventually marries, Rex Mottram, an ambitious entrepreneur who marries her for her social and political connections. She does this against her mother’s wishes, as Rex is divorced, and therefore cannot become a Catholic. Julia is very unhappy with Rex and divorces him for Charles, with whom she has an affair several years later. However, despite her genuine love for Charles, Julia is haunted by guilt and believes that she is “living in sin” because of her transgressions. She eventually returns to Catholicism and ends her relationship with Charles after the death of her father.
Julia Flyte Quotes in Brideshead Revisited
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Part 1, Chapter 3 Quotes
“We’ll have a heavenly time alone,” said Sebastian, and when next morning, while I was shaving, I saw from my bathroom window Julia, with luggage at her back, drive from the forecourt and disappear at the hill’s crest, without a backward glance, I felt a sense of liberation and peace such as I was to know years later when, after a night of unrest, the sirens sounded the “All Clear.”
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Charles goes to stay with Sebastian for the summer at Brideshead. Sebastian’s sister, Julia, is with them for the first night but then leaves on her own vacation. Charles watches her leave that morning. Sebastian’s statement reflects the idea that Charles and Sebastian’s relationship is “heavenly” and is a period of peace and happiness in both their lives. It is like heaven when they are alone because they are free from the constraints and responsibilities of the outside world, and can do exactly as they please. This suggests that this period is a time of freedom for them and is Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam quae corporis. Impedit non ut. Incidunt reru
Part 2, Chapter 1 Quotes
“Well. I’m fond of him too, in a way, I suppose, only I wish he’d behave like anybody else. I’ve grown up with one family skeleton, you know papa. Not to be talked of before the servants, not to be talked of before us when we were children. If mummy is going to start making a skeleton out of Sebastian, it’s too much. If he wants to be always tight, why doesn’t he go to Kenya or somewhere where it doesn’t matter?”
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Julia complains to Charles about Sebastian’s alcoholism during one of his visits to Brideshead. Julia is embarrassed by Sebastian’s behavior and worries that he will create a public scandal which will reflect badly on her. Julia is very young and is quite self-absorbed. Although she cares about her brother, she cares about herself and her own public image more. Julia calls Lord Marchmain a “skeleton” because he is a family secret and is not allowed to be mentioned. He has left Lady Marchmain and gone abroad to live with another woman. The idea that Lady Marchmain will “make a skeleton Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis c
Part 2, Chapter 2 Quotes
Foreigners returning on post from their own waste lands wrote home that here they seemed to catch a glimpse of the world they had believed lost forever among the mud and wire, and through those halcyon weeks Julia darted and shone, part of the sunshine between the trees, part of the candle-light in the mirror’s spectrum, so that elderly men and women, sitting aside with their memories, saw her as herself the blue-bird.
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Charles hears that Julia’s coming out ball is extremely beautiful, and is one of the finest of the season. In contrast with the aftermath of World War I happening at the same time, the ball is a lighthearted escape from the violence, death, and catastrophic changes happening as a result of the conflict. Charles refers to other Europeans as “foreigners” and suggests that they write back to countries such as France and Germany, which were badly damaged during World War I. The use of the term “waste lands” to describe European countries in the aftermath of World War I refers Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur
This was the creature, neither child nor woman, that drove me through the dusk that summer evening, untroubled by love, taken aback by the power of her own beauty, hesitating on the cool edge of life; one who had suddenly found herself armed, unawares; the heroine of a fairy story turning over in her hands the magic ring; she had only to stroke it with her fingertips and whisper the charmed word, for the earth to open at her feet and belch forth her titanic servant, the fawning monster who would bring her whatever she asked, but bring it, perhaps, in unwelcome shape.
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Charles describes Julia as a young woman, on the night she meets him at the station and takes him to Brideshead. Julia is on the “edge of life” because she is midway through the transition between an adolescent girl and an adult woman. Charles idealizes Julia and views her as an “unearthly creature” rather than a human being. In early-20th century society, Julia’s beauty is her greatest power because it was deemed the priority of young woman to look for a husband, and many men wanted a beautiful bride. Charles depicts her beauty as miraculous and inexplicable. To Charles, it Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt
He had stepped straight from the underworld into the world of Brenda Champion who was herself the innermost of a number of concentric ivory spheres. Perhaps Julia recognized in Brenda Champion an intimation of what she and her friends might be in twelve years’ time; there was an antagonism between the girl and the woman that was hard to explain otherwise. Certainly the fact of his being Brenda Champion’s property sharpened Julia’s appetite for Rex.
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Charles describes the man whom Julia falls in love with and eventually marries: Rex Mottram. Rex is a businessman who has earned his money rather than inherited it, and is therefore from a different world than Julia and most of her social group. Julia is an aristocrat from a long family line of wealth. Her social status depends on her family and their reputation, whereas Rex’s reputation is something that he must build and manage himself. British society is described as a clique, in which one must belong to an inner “circle” to succeed, and it is implied that Brenda Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tene
And Lady Marchmain saw this and added it to her new grief for Sebastian and her old grief for her husband and to the deadly sickness in her body, and took all these sorrows with her daily to church; it seemed her heart was transfixed with the swords of her dolors, a living heart to match the plaster and paint; what comfort she took home with her, God knows.
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Julia renounces her Catholicism so that she can marry Rex, who is divorced and therefore cannot become a Catholic. Lady Marchmain has a terminal disease and is very hurt by Julia’s behavior, which she views as just another thing for her to bear. Sebastian, too, has rejected Catholicism and has become estranged from his family in his descent into alcoholism. Lord Marchmain has left Lady Marchmain and taken a lover. Lady Marchmain is hurt by the rebellion of her family against her religious beliefs—she is so pious that she views their rejection of Catholicism as a personal slight. Despite Julia Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto voluptas. Totam
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Julia Flyte Character Timeline in Brideshead Revisited
The timeline below shows where the character Julia Flyte appears in Brideshead Revisited. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 1
...but she is delighted to see them when she wakes up. Nanny tells them that Julia, Sebastian’s sister, is on her way to Brideshead and will arrive shortly, but Sebastian says...
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Nanny shows Charles and Sebastian a newspaper cutting which announces Julia’s “coming out ball,” and Charles looks around the room while Sebastian and Nanny chatter. Nanny...
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As they drive away from the house, they pass Julia being driven towards the entrance, and Sebastian is relieved that they have missed her. He...
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Part 1, Chapter 2
...he “comes from such a sinister family.” Anthony describes the Marchmain’s to Charles; he dislikes Julia, and Sebastian’s older brother, Brideshead, and knows nothing of the younger sister, Cordelia, except that...
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Part 1, Chapter 3
...been involved. He is afraid that Sebastian will be dead by the time he arrives. Julia waits for him at the train station in her car and, when he gets in...
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Julia tells Charles that Sebastian cannot walk and, therefore, cannot go away for the summer. He...
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Julia asks why, when Charles and Sebastian visited Brideshead, they didn’t stay to see her. Charles...
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Sebastian asks Julia if the servant, Wilcox, will let them have champagne. Julia tells him that she doesn’t...
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Sebastian tells Charles that he loves Julia because she is very like him, but Charles does not see the similarity, except in...
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The next morning, while Charles shaves in the bathroom, he sees Julia leave in her car and feels a sense of peace and relaxation. In the present...
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Part 1, Chapter 4
...are “mixed” in terms of religion. Brideshead and Cordelia are devout Catholics, while he and Julia are not. His mother is widely “believed to be a saint” and his father is...
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Part 1, Chapter 5
...Brideshead for Christmas, and Charles agrees to come. A few days later, Charles bumps into Julia and a man named Rex Mottram in Sebastian’s room while he waits for Sebastian to...
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...only 30 but seems much older than Charles and Sebastian. He seems to belong to Julia, although it is unclear if they are a couple or not.
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...Charles’s surprise, he, Sebastian, and Boy Mulcaster are invited to a party with Rex and Julia in London. They set out for London in Hardcastle’s car and arrive at Marchmain House...
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...with a woman named Mrs. Champion, and Boy tries to ingratiate himself with some of Julia’s friends who are already at the party. Charles and Sebastian sit apart from the rest...
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...his mother will make him feel guilty about the incident. Charles suggests that they call Julia, and she tells them to meet her. Julia seems vaguely impressed with them because they...
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...Mr. Samgrass is there as well. Mr. Samgrass tells Charles that the other guests, and Julia, will leave Brideshead the next day, but that he will stay to work on Lady...
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...to his room, but Sebastian slams the door in his face and locks him out. Julia passes him in the hall, and Charles tells her that Sebastian is drunk. Julia seems...
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Part 2, Chapter 1
...with Mr. Samgrass’s stories. Sebastian sits in a shadowy corner, away from the family group. Julia asks Sebastian if he was frightened, and Mr. Samgrass quickly says that Sebastian was ill...
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Disappointed, Charles goes downstairs and finds Julia, who complains that her mother wants everyone “under surveillance.” She wishes that Sebastian could just...
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...out on the fox hunt the next day. Brideshead and Cordelia say they will, but Julia says she must stay in to meet Rex when he arrives. Sebastian says suddenly that...
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...cure Sebastian. Charles tell him not to count on that, and they are interrupted by Julia.
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Julia is on-edge and says that they cannot have a repeat of the evening before, because...
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Charles goes to the study to begin work on a new panel. Julia follows him and begins to complain about Sebastian; she cannot see why everyone makes such...
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Rex arrives that afternoon and brings Julia a present: a live tortoise with diamonds encrusted on its shell in the shape of...
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...whisky. She tells Charles that Rex will take Sebastian to Zurich, and that Rex and Julia are very fond of each other, of which Cordelia strongly disapproves. A week later, Charles...
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...steers the conversation toward the Marchmains again, and Rex tells him that, in the end, Julia gave Mr. Samgrass away. Rex says that Lady Marchmain finally crumbled when she discovered that...
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...their money wisely. Rex tells Charles that he wants to get a marriage settlement with Julia sorted before their financial situation reveals itself. Charles thinks Rex’s conversation is grim, but finds...
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...says that Lady Marchmain does not like him or think him a suitable husband for Julia, but he doesn’t care. He says that he will convert to Catholicism if it will...
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...brandy, and lets Rex think that he does not appreciate the spirit. Rex talks about Julia and, not long after, Charles hears that they are engaged. Years later, Charles hears Julia’s...
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Part 2, Chapter 2
Charles does not notice Julia much when he first meets the Marchmain family. He notices that she is beautiful, and...
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On the night that Julia collects Charles from the station, to take him to Brideshead, all she can think about...
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Eventually, Julia does meet a man like this, but she rejects him because she has also met...
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During that summer, Julia goes to stay with an aunt abroad and finds that Rex and Brenda Champion have...
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...and forceful, and uses the qualities which have helped him make his fortune to woo Julia. He puts himself in Lady Marchmain’s way, helps Brideshead out politically, and even pretends to...
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Julia realizes she is in love with Rex when, one night, she sees him leave Brenda...
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Lady Marchmain is disappointed and does not think Rex is an appropriate husband for Julia. Julia says that she must marry him to save him from Brenda Champion, and that...
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During their engagement, Julia gets angry with Rex because she hears he has been with Brenda Champion again. Rex...
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After a year of engagement, Lady Marchmain tells Julia that she cannot marry Rex and threatens to take her abroad. This is around the...
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Rex wants a large religious wedding, but Julia explains that they cannot have that because it is a “mixed” marriage. Rex says that,...
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However, three weeks before the ceremony, Brideshead tells Julia, Rex, and Lady Marchmain that the wedding cannot go ahead. Brideshead has discovered that Rex...
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Julia explains to him that a Catholic cannot be divorced and can only separate from a...
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Rex loses his temper and says that he will marry Julia in a Protestant church. Lady Marchmain says she will stop him, and Julia tells her...
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Charles, who is listening to Julia’s story, suddenly stops her and asks why she said this. Julia says that she thought...
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Julia explains that Cordelia forgave her and agreed to be her bridesmaid. Everyone felt sorry for...
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Charles listens intently and tells Julia not to worry because it is “all over now.” They are on board a ship,...
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Part 2, Chapter 3
Julia hears that Charles is in England and calls him to say that her mother wants...
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...that it will be replaced by a block of flats. Rex suggested that he and Julia buy the “penthouse” at the top and could not understand why Julia was upset by...
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...Charles says that he has heard someone else say something like this. Cordelia speaks of Julia’s “coming out” ball (something she will not have now) and says that she hopes she...
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Part 3, Chapter 1
...list and is pleased to find that she knows a lot of people on board. Julia’s name is on the list. Charles has not seen Julia for several years. She is...
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...success that he hoped for. He has “flirted” with fascism and communism. Although Charles and Julia have often lived in London at the same time, England is made up of separate...
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...lacks grandeur because it is too modern. As he moves through the lounge, he passes Julia, who calls him over. Julia tells him that she is waiting for her room to...
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Charles immediately feels comfortable and intimate with Julia, as though they have always been good friends. He remembers that he used to find...
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...a swan to store the caviar for her party. Charles tells Celia that he met Julia, and Celia says she remembers her “dipso brother.” Celia asks how the room looks, and...
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...of Celia’s descriptions. What she does not know is that he is secretly thinking about Julia.
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...When the party is over and most of the guests have gone, Charles remarks that Julia never turned up. Charles says that he spoke to Mr. Kramm, and Celia says that...
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...invited to dine at the captain’s table and make their way there after the party. Julia is at the table, with several other fashionable people, and she tells Charles that she...
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...the ship begins to sway. The people round the table begin to look nervous, except Julia, who looks relieved and says to Charles that it reminds her of “King Lear.” People...
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...that the movement of the ship gives her a headache. She goes to bed, and Julia leaves too. Charles walks around the ship and watches the waves crash against the windows,...
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...a large bunch of roses, and Charles removes the label and has them sent to Julia. Julia phones him and teases him about this. She says she will meet him later....
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...broken loose from their restraints and swing back and forth violently. Charles is impressed that Julia takes his arm and walks through with perfect calmness. There are very few people about,...
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A man approaches them and seems impressed that Julia is not seasick. He thinks they are a couple, and Charles feels this brings them...
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Charles and Julia spend the next day together, and Charles thinks about how different he feels with Julia...
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In bed, Charles thinks over everything Julia has told him. She told him about her childhood at Brideshead and her fond memories...
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Julia asks Charles why he married Celia, and Charles says that he was lonely and ambitious,...
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Julia cannot stand Rex’s friends. She says they are obsessed with money and gamble on everything....
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...next day, the swell is bad, but the sun comes out towards evening. Charles and Julia walk on the deck and are thrown against each other on the railings as the...
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...looks at the stars through the windows. It reminds him of his time at Oxford. Julia has heard that the weather will improve the next day, and she and Charles are...
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...morning, Celia feels better, and Charles tells her that he has spent the storm with Julia. Celia is pleased because she thinks that Charles and Julia get along well. There is...
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Part 3, Chapter 2
...will pay attention to his work, which she feels has been artistically overlooked. Charles calls Julia and tells her that he must go to the exhibition, but that he doesn’t want...
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...at the exhibit’s end, and Charles can tell that she knows about his affair with Julia. He is about to leave when he hears a voice he recognizes. It is Anthony...
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Julia meets Charles in the train carriage. Charles tells her about the exhibition, and his meeting...
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Part 3, Chapter 3
One night, two years into their relationship, Charles and Julia sit by the fountain outside Brideshead and reminisce about their meeting on the boat. Charles...
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As they watch the sunset on Brideshead, Julia tells Charles that she wants to marry him and to divorce Rex. Charles doesn’t want...
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Julia and Charles have no idea how Brideshead spends his time. They have several running jokes...
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While they wait, Brideshead asks Julia if his mother’s jewelry is still upstairs and Julia says it is. When they are...
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Julia asks why he hasn’t brought her to meet them, and Brideshead says that Beryl is...
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Charles follows Julia outside and finds her sitting on the edge of the fountain, still in tears. He...
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Julia continues to cry and confesses all her secret pain. She confesses that she has tried...
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Suddenly, Julia recovers. She gets up, says that Brideshead’s news is a shock, and walks back into...
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After their talk with Brideshead, Charles and Julia go outside again. Charles tries to ask Julia about her outburst: he wonders whether she...
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Julia and Charles walk around the house, and Julia pulls a strip of stiff grass out...
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Charles shrugs at this, and Julia whips him hard across the face with the piece of grass. She realizes suddenly what...
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...theories about whether it will go ahead or not. Rex wants to get into politics. Julia and Charles go outside, bored of this conversation. Charles thinks that, in the moonlight, the...
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Part 3, Chapter 4
...Celia will take the children, who love Robin. Charles tells Boy that he will marry Julia as soon as the divorce is final, and Boy thinks that this is a waste...
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Rex does not want to divorce Julia and hopes that Charles can talk her out of it. He doesn’t mind that she...
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Charles’s divorce goes through swiftly and, publicly, everyone takes Celia’s side. Julia’s divorce is a lengthy process, and Rex moves out of Brideshead. He gives a ferocious...
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...and tells them that Cordelia is on her way home and will arrive that night. Julia is delighted. She tells Charles that Cordelia went to Spain during the war there but...
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...up “ugly.” He thinks her manners are coarse because of her time spent away. Charles, Julia, and Cordelia go to visit Nanny, and Cordelia tells them that she recently saw Sebastian....
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Julia once said to Charles that it scared her how he had completely forgotten about Sebastian....
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Charles asks Cordelia if she has told Julia. Cordelia says that she has but that Julia never loved Sebastian the way that she...
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That night, as Charles watches Julia get ready for bed, he thinks that she looks sad: the way she did when...
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Part 3, Chapter 5
While Charles and Julia finalize their divorces and Brideshead prepares to get married, Lord Marchmain suddenly announces that he...
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When Lord Marchmain arrives, Julia and Charles are shocked to find that he has aged drastically and is very unwell....
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...and finds her vulgar and crude. Lord Marchmain says he will leave the house to Julia and Charles, but Julia objects that it belongs to Brideshead. As time goes on, they...
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...without Beryl. Brideshead says his father must see a priest, but Charles objects. He tells Julia in private that they should let Lord Marchmain die in peace. Julia thinks the subject...
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Cordelia and Cara side with Brideshead, but Charles still strongly objects. Julia becomes irritated when he complains about it, and seems conflicted about the issue. Charles notices...
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...says that Lord Marchmain may still have a “beautiful death.” Charles goes upstairs to see Julia and tells her triumphantly that Lord Marchmain dismissed the priest.
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...will have a priest, and Cordelia says this is the best idea. When Charles and Julia go to bed, she complains that he is always starting arguments. Charles says that he...
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Charles’s divorce is finalized, and his wedding to Julia arranged. However, as it draws closer, Charles begins to feel that Julia does not really...
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...to London for the day and Lord Marchmain suddenly takes a turn for the worse. Julia says that she will send for the priest, and Charles knows that she has wanted...
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This does not work, however, and Julia fetches Father Mackay. Charles tries to persuade the priest not to go in, since Lord...
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Julia leads Father Mackay into Lord Marchmain’s room and the others follow. He lies with the...
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...Lord Marchmain had a “beautiful” redemption. Lord Marchmain dies that night, and in the confusion, Julia and Charles meet for the last time, by the stairs in the hall. Julia confesses...
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Epilogue
...the Blitz and reopened the chapel. He tells Charles that the house belongs to Lady Julia Flyte, who now works abroad with a women’s party.
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...says, but she has been proven wrong now. Charles asks if Nanny, has heard from Julia, and she says that Julia is in Palestine. Charles promises to visit Nanny again and...
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