Elsbeth Beaumont is William Beaumont and Mona Beaumont’s mother and Bill Beaumont’s widow. Elsbeth is a snobbish woman who married her husband because she incorrectly believed he was rich. Elsbeth thinks she is better than everyone in Dungatar and tries to keep up her refined appearance and lifestyle even though she is heavily in debt to Alvin Pratt, who runs the General Store. Elsbeth is dismayed when William decides to marry Alvin’s daughter, Gertrude, who Elsbeth considers a lumpish, common girl. Elsbeth puts on a show of adoring Gertrude after she and William’s marriage, but she secretly dislikes her. Elsbeth is extremely controlling with William and abusive and neglectful with Mona. Elsbeth is also power-hungry and likes to have control over the community. However, this backfires on Elsbeth as, after Tilly burns Dungatar to the ground, the Dungatar residents make their way to Elsbeth’s house and expect her to take charge of the situation.
Elsbeth Beaumont Quotes in The Dressmaker
The The Dressmaker quotes below are all either spoken by Elsbeth Beaumont or refer to Elsbeth Beaumont. 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
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Trudy circled them, her seventeenth-century Baroque cast of the evil sixteenth-century Shakespeare play about murder and ambition. They queued on the tiny stage like extras from a Hollywood film waiting for their lunch at the studio canteen.
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Elsbeth Beaumont Quotes in The Dressmaker
The The Dressmaker quotes below are all either spoken by Elsbeth Beaumont or refer to Elsbeth Beaumont. 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:
).
Chapter 30
Quotes
Trudy circled them, her seventeenth-century Baroque cast of the evil sixteenth-century Shakespeare play about murder and ambition. They queued on the tiny stage like extras from a Hollywood film waiting for their lunch at the studio canteen.
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