General Tufto is a general whom George Osborne, Rawdon, Becky, and Amelia encounter in Brussels during the war. He’s a lecherous old man and seems to have a preference for younger women. Although George is married to Amelia, he feels jealous when he observes Tufto ogling Becky at the opera.
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General Tufto Character Timeline in Vanity Fair
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Chapter 28
...Amelia, Peggy, Dobbin, and George are all out in Brussels, they happen to see old General Tufto buying flowers. George says this general’s presence means Rawdon is there with Becky. Hearing this...
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Chapter 29
General Tufto is also at the opera, and he admires women from afar, including Amelia. After the...
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General Tufto doesn’t know George and doesn’t seem happy to see him. When he learns about George...
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...where Amelia and Dobbin are, she talks in a very animated way, perhaps so that General Tufto can see her from across the way. After the opera, Dobbin quietly complains about Becky...
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...Becky replies that men are jealous too—that George was jealous at the opera of how General Tufto was looking at Becky.
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