# Ghosts — Character guide

> Key figures in Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen.

- [Mrs. Alving](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/mrs_alving.md): Widow of Captain Alving, struggling with family secrets and her son's illness.
- [Oswald Alving](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/oswald_alving.md): Mrs. Alving's son, a painter returning home with a fatal inherited disease.
- [Pastor Manders](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/pastor_manders.md): A conservative local pastor and old friend of the Alving family.
- [Regina Engstrand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/regina_engstrand.md): The Alvings' maid, secretly the illegitimate daughter of Captain Alving.
- [Jacob Engstrand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/jacob_engstrand.md): A scheming carpenter and Regina's supposed father, with a shady past.
- [Captain Alving](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/captain_alving.md): Deceased husband of Mrs. Alving, whose dissolute life haunts the family.
- [Johanna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ghosts_se/characters/johanna.md): Deceased maid who had an affair with Captain Alving and bore Regina.

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