# A Confession — Character guide

> Key figures in A Confession by Leo Tolstoy.

- [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/narrator.md): The autobiographical narrator, a wealthy landowner seeking meaning and grappling with existential despair.
- [Solomon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/solomon.md): Biblical king referenced for his wisdom and pessimistic reflections on life's vanity.
- [Schopenhauer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/schopenhauer.md): German philosopher whose pessimistic worldview influences the narrator's crisis.
- [Leo Tolstoy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/tolstoy.md): Author of the confession, reflecting on his own life and spiritual journey.
- [Christ](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/christ.md): Central figure of Christianity whose teachings the narrator ultimately turns to.
- [Sakya Muni](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/sakya_muni.md): The historical Buddha, whose story of renunciation is examined by the narrator.
- [Dmitriy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/dmitriy.md): A peasant or acquaintance who offers simple faith as a counterpoint to the narrator's doubt.
- [Buddha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_confession_se/characters/buddha.md): Founder of Buddhism, discussed as an example of a path to escape suffering.

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