Sir James Chettam

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Sir James Chettam is a well-meaning, conservative country landowner in George Eliot’s *Middlemarch*, notable for his unrequited love for Dorothea Brooke and his role as a foil to her more idealistic ambitions.

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Sir James Chettam canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baronet
country landowner
fictional character
appearsIn Middlemarch
associatedWithLocation Middlemarch
brotherInLawOf Dorothea Brooke
caresFor tenants
characterTrait conservative
kind
practical
well-meaning
concernedWith estate management
contrastsWith Dorothea Brooke
Edward Casaubon
createdBy George Eliot
embodies conventional domestic ideals
firstAppearsIn Book I of Middlemarch
linked to: Middlemarch
gender male
hasEstate Freshitt Hall
hasRelationshipTypeWithCasaubon rival suitor to Dorothea
hasRelationshipTypeWithCelia husband
hasRelationshipTypeWithDorothea suitor
hasRelative Celia Brooke
hasTitle Sir
inLoveWith Dorothea Brooke
isFoilTo Dorothea Brooke
Edward Casaubon
laterDevotionDirectedTo Celia Brooke
literaryGenre Victorian novel
literaryWorkPublicationYear 1871–1872
loveIsUnrequited Dorothea Brooke
marries Celia Brooke
narrativeFunction foil to Dorothea’s idealism
represents traditional landed gentry values
nationality English
perceivesAsIdealWife Dorothea Brooke
politicalAttitude Tory-leaning
politicalRole local magistrate
proposesMarriageTo Dorothea Brooke
rejectedBy Dorothea Brooke
residesNear Tipton Grange
setIn fictional town of Middlemarch
socialClass gentry
supports Brooke family
Celia Brooke
Dorothea Brooke
timePeriod early 19th century

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Book I: Miss Brooke featuresCharacter Sir James Chettam
Celia Brooke marriedTo Sir James Chettam
Tantripp associatedWithCharacter Sir James Chettam
Brooke estate associatedWithCharacter Sir James Chettam