# Aspects of the Novel — Character guide

> Key figures in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

- [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The primary narrative voice, often using first-person pronouns to guide the reader.
- [Henry James](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/henry_james.md): Novelist and critic whose works are frequently analyzed as examples of character and plot.
- [Moll Flanders](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/moll_flanders.md): Defoe's resourceful heroine, used to discuss character development and flat vs. round types.
- [Strether](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/strether.md): Central character from James's The Ambassadors, analyzed for his evolving perceptions.
- [Chad Newsome](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/chad_newsome.md): Young man from The Ambassadors, whose transformation drives the plot's moral questions.
- [Lady Bertram](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/lady_bertram.md): Indolent aunt from Mansfield Park, exemplifying flat character in Austen's work.
- [Herman Melville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/herman_melville.md): Author of Moby-Dick, discussed for prophetic and fantasy elements in fiction.
- [Sir Walter Scott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sir_walter_scott.md): Historical novelist whose characters and plots are frequently referenced for comparison.
- [Dinah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/dinah.md): Methodist preacher from Adam Bede, used to discuss prophetic and emotional character types.
- [Edouard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/edouard.md): Character from Gide's The Counterfeiters, central to discussions of plot and character.
- [Dickens](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/dickens.md): Novelist whose flat characters and vivid scenes are analyzed for their enduring power.
- [André Gide](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/andre_gide.md): French author and critic, cited for his views on character and the novel form.
- [Flecker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/flecker.md): Poet and novelist, referenced in discussions of fantasy and prophecy in literature.
- [Zuleika Dobson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/zuleika_dobson.md): Fictional enchantress from Beerbohm's novel, used to illustrate fantasy and parody.
- [Lovel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/lovel.md): Character from Scott's The Antiquary, discussed in relation to plot and mystery.
- [Bernard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/bernard.md): Character from Virginia Woolf's The Waves, used to discuss pattern and rhythm.
- [The Heroine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/the_heroine.md): Generic term for female protagonists across novels, analyzed for their narrative roles.
- [H. G. Wells](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/h_g_wells.md): Science fiction writer and critic, referenced for his views on character and society.
- [Mme. de Vionnet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mme_de_vionnet.md): Elegant Frenchwoman from The Ambassadors, key to Strether's awakening.
- [Thomas Hardy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/thomas_hardy.md): Novelist and poet, discussed for his use of fate and character in tragic plots.
- [Scheherazade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/scheherazade.md): Storyteller from One Thousand and One Nights, used to discuss narrative structure.
- [George Meredith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/george_meredith.md): Novelist and poet, cited for his comic characters and psychological insight.
- [James Joyce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/james_joyce.md): Modernist author, referenced for stream of consciousness and character innovation.
- [The Hero](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/the_hero.md): Generic term for male protagonists, analyzed for their function in narrative.
- [Jane Austen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/jane_austen.md): Novelist whose characters and plots are frequently used as examples of craft.
- [Emily Brontë](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/emily_bronte.md): Author of Wuthering Heights, discussed for prophetic and passionate character creation.
- [Aristotle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/aristotle.md): Ancient philosopher, cited for his Poetics and theories of plot and character.
- [Moby Dick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/moby_dick.md): The white whale from Melville's novel, used to discuss symbol and prophecy.
- [Ulysses](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/ulysses.md): Homeric hero and Joyce's novel, referenced for pattern and mythic structure.
- [Defoe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/defoe.md): Early novelist, discussed for his realistic characters and episodic plots.
- [Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/queen_victoria.md): Monarch referenced in discussions of historical context and character types.
- [Gertrude Stein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/gertrude_stein.md): Modernist writer, cited for her experimental approach to character and narrative.
- [Caleb Balderstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/caleb_balderstone.md): Servant character from Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor, used to discuss flatness.
- [Mr. Percy Lubbock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mr_percy_lubbock.md): Literary critic, referenced for his work on the craft of fiction.
- [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/the_narrator.md): Generic narrative voice, discussed in relation to point of view and reliability.
- [Charlotte Brontë](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/charlotte_bronte.md): Novelist, discussed for her passionate heroines and Gothic elements.
- [Laura](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/laura.md): Character from various novels, used in discussions of flat and round types.
- [Sir Arthur Wardour](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sir_arthur_wardour.md): Character from Scott's The Antiquary, used to illustrate comic relief.
- [Homo Fictus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/homo_fictus.md): Term for fictional human, used to discuss the nature of character in novels.
- [Vinteuil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/vinteuil.md): Composer character from Proust, used to discuss pattern and rhythm in fiction.
- [Swann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/swann.md): Central character from Proust's In Search of Lost Time, analyzed for depth.
- [Tristram Shandy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/tristram_shandy.md): Narrator of Sterne's novel, used to discuss digression and narrative time.
- [Lord Glenallan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/lord_glenallan.md): Character from Scott's The Antiquary, involved in the novel's subplot.
- [Mrs. Proudie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mrs_proudie.md): Domineering character from Trollope's Barchester Towers, exemplifying flatness.
- [Esther Summerson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/esther_summerson.md): Narrator and heroine of Dickens's Bleak House, used to discuss point of view.
- [Dostoevsky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/dostoevsky.md): Russian novelist, discussed for his psychological depth and prophetic vision.
- [Marcel Proust](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/marcel_proust.md): French novelist, cited for his intricate character development and memory themes.
- [Virginia Woolf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/virginia_woolf.md): Modernist writer, discussed for her stream of consciousness and character innovation.
- [Dousterswivel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/dousterswivel.md): Comic charlatan from Scott's The Antiquary, used to illustrate flat character.
- [Becky Sharp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/becky_sharp.md): Ambitious heroine from Thackeray's Vanity Fair, analyzed for roundness.
- [Emma](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/emma.md): Heroine of Austen's novel, used to discuss character growth and point of view.
- [Fanny](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/fanny.md): Character from various novels, referenced in discussions of flatness.
- [Laetitia Dale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/laetitia_dale.md): Character from Meredith's The Egoist, used to discuss romantic subplots.
- [Sterne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sterne.md): Author of Tristram Shandy, discussed for his experimental narrative techniques.
- [Evelina Nevile](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/evelina_nevile.md): Heroine of Burney's novel, used to discuss epistolary form and character.
- [Mrs. Micawber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mrs_micawber.md): Character from Dickens's David Copperfield, exemplifying flat comic type.
- [Sir Willoughby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sir_willoughby.md): Egoistic hero from Meredith's The Egoist, analyzed for character flaws.
- [Mr. Asquith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mr_asquith.md): Historical figure referenced in discussions of political context in fiction.
- [Edie Ochiltree](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/edie_ochiltree.md): Wandering beggar from Scott's The Antiquary, used for comic relief.
- [Sophia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sophia.md): Heroine from Fielding's Tom Jones, discussed for her role in the plot.
- [Mr. Norman Douglas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mr_norman_douglas.md): Writer and critic, referenced in discussions of character and style.
- [Mr. Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mr_pickwick.md): Comic hero from Dickens's Pickwick Papers, used to discuss flat character.
- [Beauchamp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/beauchamp.md): Character from Meredith's Beauchamp's Career, used to discuss political themes.
- [Miss Austen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/miss_austen.md): Polite reference to Jane Austen, used in discussions of her technique.
- [Sir Walter Raleigh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/sir_walter_raleigh.md): Historical figure and literary critic, referenced for his views on fiction.
- [Isabella Wardour](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/isabella_wardour.md): Character from Scott's The Antiquary, involved in romantic subplot.
- [Constance](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/constance.md): Character from various novels, used in discussions of flat types.
- [Tolstoy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/tolstoy.md): Russian novelist, discussed for his epic scope and character depth.
- [Miss Bates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/miss_bates.md): Garrulous character from Austen's Emma, exemplifying flat comic type.
- [Stephen Dedalus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/stephen_dedalus.md): Protagonist from Joyce's works, used to discuss modernist character.
- [George Eliot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/george_eliot.md): Novelist, discussed for her psychological realism and moral vision.
- [Heathcliffe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/heathcliffe.md): Byronic hero from Wuthering Heights, used to discuss passionate character.
- [Blake](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/blake.md): Poet and artist, referenced for his prophetic and visionary qualities.
- [Newton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/newton.md): Scientist referenced in discussions of pattern and order in fiction.
- [Thaïs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/thais.md): Courtesan from Anatole France's novel, used to discuss character transformation.
- [Tom Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/tom_jones.md): Hero of Fielding's novel, discussed for his role in comic plot.
- [Samuel Richardson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/samuel_richardson.md): Epistolary novelist, discussed for his psychological character development.
- [Billy Budd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/billy_budd.md): Innocent sailor from Melville's novella, used to discuss allegory and character.
- [Claggart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/claggart.md): Antagonistic master-at-arms from Billy Budd, used to discuss evil character.
- [Mrs. Newsome](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/mrs_newsome.md): Offstage character from The Ambassadors, driving the plot's conflict.

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