Mrs Tallant

Mrs Henry Tallant (nee Sophia Theale) is a character in Arabella, the wife of Henry Tallant and the mother of eight children, including the title character Arabella Tallant.

She is generally believed to have disobliged her family by marrying Henry Tallant instead of a baronet, but she has found happiness in her reduced circumstances even if she does wish that the vicarage could be modernized. Her husband has encouraged her to sometimes treat herself to luxuries, but she instead saved the money in order to pay for her eldest daughter Arabella's London Season. She hopes Arabella will marry well and thus introduce her three younger sisters to other well-to-do men and provide her second son Bertram with the means to join a Hussars regiment.

Appearances

 * Arabella