Previous
Kitty Pong
Annabel is Araminta’s mother; she’s married to a man named Peter. Annabel and her family own a string of eco-luxury resorts and hotels throughout Southeast Asia, and Annabel is known for her attention to detail when it comes to decorating those hotels. She and Peter came to Singapore decades ago and made their fortune in Singapore, and as such, they’re considered “new money” and are looked down on by the Youngs and their ilk for being “Mainland Chinese.” So, though Annabel sees the fact that the Young clan accepted their wedding invitations as proof that she and her family have entered the highest circle of wealthy Singaporean society, the Young family privately mocks Annabel for being a striver and a show-off who wears too much tasteless jewelry.
Annabel Lee Quotes in Crazy Rich Asians
The Crazy Rich Asians quotes below are all either spoken by Annabel Lee or refer to Annabel Lee. 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:
).
Part 1, Chapter 16 Quotes
“Don’t you know? It’s the wedding of the year! It’s been covered on every channel, in every magazine, and in about a million blogs!”
“Why? Are they famous?” Rachel asked, completely baffled.
“AH-LA-MAAAK! Colin Khoo is Khoo Teck Fong’s grandson! He comes from one of the reeee-chest families in the world! And Araminta Lee—she’s the supa-model daughter of Peter Lee, one of China’s reeee-chest men, and Annabel Lee, the hotel queen. This is like royal weddeeeng!” Neena gushed.
“I had no idea,” Rachel said in astonishment. “I just met them last night.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Part 1, Chapter 17 Quotes
“It’s a good thing I actually want to marry Araminta. I just don’t know how I’ll make it through the Broadway production, that’s all. I have this perverse fantasy of kidnapping her, jumping on a plane, and marrying her at some little twenty-four-hour chapel in the middle of nowhere Nevada.”
“So why not do it? The wedding isn’t until next week, but if you’re already this miserable, why not call it off?”
“You know this merger has been choreographed down to the most minute detail, and this is how it’s going to be. It’s good for business, and anything that’s good for business is good for the family,” Colin said bitterly.
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire Crazy Rich Asians LitChart as a printable PDF.
"My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." -Graham S.
Annabel Lee Character Timeline in Crazy Rich Asians
The timeline below shows where the character Annabel Lee appears in Crazy Rich Asians. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 2, Chapter 8
...the bachelorette crew transfer from the plane to catamarans, which drop them at Araminta’s mom, Annabel Lee’s, resort. Araminta announces that her mom is gifting every attendee five outfits from the...
(full context)
Part 3, Chapter 2
Tonight, Harry Leong is throwing a party for Colin, his nephew—and Annabel Lee is secretly more excited about this party than any of the other wedding festivities....
(full context)
Part 3, Chapter 3
...dress as Peik Lin reads the Singapore Tattle’s coverage of the wedding (it notes that Annabel spent more than $40 million on it). It lists some of the notable families who...
(full context)
Part 3, Chapter 4
...suspended from the ceiling. Nick’s family aren’t the only people ignoring the seating chart, as Annabel had no idea how to manage the “old-guard families” and their rivalries. Rachel joins Nick’s...
(full context)
Across the aisle, Daisy, Nadine, and Carol whisper that Annabel Lee has certainly made it: the Lees were nothing when they arrived in Singapore, but...
(full context)
...makes her look like a “proper young wife from a very traditional, old-money Asian family”). Annabel Lee is thrilled; this wedding is a triumph. As this is going on, Astrid is...
(full context)
Part 3, Chapter 5
...joins Rachel and Oliver in staring at a tower of roses and notes that because Annabel purchased so many roses, the worldwide price for the flower spiked. She asks Oliver how...
(full context)
