# A Room With a View — Character guide

> Key figures in A Room With a View by E. M. Forster.

- [Lucy Honeychurch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/lucy_honeychurch.md): A young English woman torn between social convention and her own desires.
- [Charlotte Bartlett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/charlotte_bartlett.md): Lucy's older cousin and chaperone, anxious and socially rigid.
- [Cecil Vyse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/cecil_vyse.md): Lucy's sophisticated but emotionally detached fiancé.
- [George Emerson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/george_emerson.md): A passionate and unconventional young man who falls in love with Lucy.
- [Mr. Emerson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mr_emerson_senior.md): George's blunt, kind-hearted father who champions honesty and love.
- [Mr. Beebe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mr_beebe.md): A genial clergyman and friend of the Honeychurch family.
- [Freddy Honeychurch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/freddy_honeychurch.md): Lucy's cheerful, athletic younger brother.
- [Miss Lavish](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/miss_lavish.md): A flamboyant novelist who meddles in others' affairs.
- [Mrs. Honeychurch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mrs_honeychurch.md): Lucy and Freddy's loving but conventional mother.
- [Mr. Eager](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mr_eager.md): A snobbish English chaplain in Florence.
- [Miss Alans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/miss_alans.md): Two elderly spinster sisters who travel together.
- [Sir Harry Otway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/sir_harry_otway.md): A local landowner and neighbor of the Honeychurches.
- [Mrs. Vyse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mrs_vyse.md): Cecil's mother, a sophisticated London socialite.
- [Signora Bertolini](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/signora_bertolini.md): The Italian proprietress of the Pension Bertolini.
- [Mrs. Butterworth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/old_mrs_butterworth.md): An elderly acquaintance of the Honeychurches.
- [Uncle Arthur](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/uncle_arthur.md): Lucy and Freddy's deceased uncle, mentioned in passing.
- [Lady Helen Laverstock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/lady_helen_laverstock.md): A minor aristocrat mentioned in conversation.
- [Powell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/powell.md): A servant or coachman mentioned briefly.
- [Miss Pole](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/miss_pole.md): A minor acquaintance of the Honeychurches.
- [Contessa Baroncelli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/contessa_baroncelli.md): An Italian countess mentioned in passing.
- [Lady Louisa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/lady_louisa.md): A minor aristocrat mentioned in conversation.
- [Mr. Harris](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_room_with_a_view_se/characters/mr_harris.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.

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