Lady Booby

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Lady Booby is a wealthy, aristocratic widow in Henry Fielding’s novel "Joseph Andrews," known for her vanity, sensuality, and comic attempts to seduce her virtuous young footman.

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Label Occurrences
Lady Booby canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocrat ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
widow ⓘ
appearsIn Joseph Andrews ⓘ
appearsInGenre comic novel ⓘ
appearsInLanguage English ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Henry Fielding ⓘ
employs Joseph Andrews ⓘ
feelsDesireFor Joseph Andrews ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Joseph Andrews universe ⓘ
firstAppearance Joseph Andrews ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genreFunction object of satire ⓘ
hasMaritalStatus widow ⓘ
hasPersonalityTrait capricious ⓘ
comic ⓘ
proud ⓘ
sensual ⓘ
vain ⓘ
hasRelationshipTo Joseph Andrews ⓘ
hasSocialStatus aristocratic ⓘ
hasThemeAssociation class and social hierarchy ⓘ
satire of the upper classes ⓘ
sexual desire ⓘ
virtue and chastity ⓘ
hasTitle Lady ⓘ
hasVirtueContrastWith Joseph Andrews ⓘ
isA employer of servants ⓘ
member of the gentry ⓘ
wealthy woman ⓘ
isRejectedBy Joseph Andrews ⓘ
isSatirizedBy Henry Fielding ⓘ
isWidowOf Sir Thomas Booby ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
narrativeFunction to contrast with the virtue of Joseph Andrews ⓘ
to exemplify moral corruption among the wealthy ⓘ
notableFor attempts to seduce her footman Joseph Andrews ⓘ
comic frustration of her sexual advances ⓘ
occupiesRoleInWork comic antagonist ⓘ
would-be seducer ⓘ
relationshipTypeWith Joseph Andrews employer–servant ⓘ
symbolizes corrupt aristocracy ⓘ
sexual hypocrisy ⓘ
vanity ⓘ
timeOfFictionalSetting 18th century England ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joseph Andrews → mainCharacter → Lady Booby ⓘ
Book I → featuresCharacter → Lady Booby ⓘ
Mrs Slipslop → employer → Lady Booby ⓘ
Book IV → featuresCharacter → Lady Booby ⓘ