Inside the story
Meet Celia Brooke
Celia Brooke is Dorothea Brooke’s pretty, practical younger sister, living with her in the Brooke family home. She regards Dorothea’s idealism with affectionate common sense and a gently mocking humor, while taking a more grounded view of the people and choices around them.
On the page
A pretty young woman with a softer, more conventionally charming prettiness than her sister, with the same fair Brooke complexion but a placid, kittenish demeanor and neat, unadorned dress.
