The Girls of Slender Means
by Muriel Spark

Lady Julia Markham Character Analysis

Lady Julia Markham is the aunt of May of Teck girl Dorothy Markham. Julia serves as chairwoman of the May of Teck Club’s management committee. She appears early in the book in the form of a notice she has posted on behalf of the management committee to scold the girls for protesting the new wallpaper in the drawing room, which the girls consider ugly.
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Lady Julia Markham Character Timeline in The Girls of Slender Means

The timeline below shows where the character Lady Julia Markham appears in The Girls of Slender Means. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
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One day, Joanna and the other May of Teck girls gather to read a notice Lady Julia Markham has posted on behalf of the Committee of Management. The Committee condemns the May of... (full context)
Chapter 3
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...Nancy Riddle— have just returned from a visit home. Dorothy Markham is the niece of Lady Julia Markham , the chairwoman of the May of Teck Club’s management committee. Nancy Riddle is “one... (full context)
Chapter 8
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In the present, Jane is on the phone with Lady Julia to try to get more information on Nicholas’s death. Lady Julia says that she has... (full context)
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...through. Dorothy Markham is the first out. She “look[s] haggard and curiously like her aunt, Lady Julia ” when she emerges from the burning building. Nancy Riddle exits next. Though Nancy has... (full context)