# Hunger — Character guide

> Key figures in Hunger by Knut Hamsun.

- [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/narrator.md): An impoverished, starving writer wandering Christiania, struggling with pride and madness.
- [Ylajali](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/ylajali.md): A mysterious woman the narrator obsesses over and briefly meets.
- [Hans Pauli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/hans_pauli.md): A student acquaintance of the narrator who appears in the city.
- [Cisler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/cisler.md): A man the narrator encounters and interacts with briefly.
- [Missy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/missy.md): A woman the narrator speaks with in a shop.
- [Student Pettersen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/student_pettersen.md): A student who interacts with the narrator.
- [Happolati](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/happolati.md): A man the narrator meets and writes about.
- [Jens Olaj](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/jens_olaj.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Miss Andersen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/miss_andersen.md): A woman the narrator briefly interacts with.
- [Kierulf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/hunger_se/characters/kierulf.md): A person mentioned in the narrator's thoughts.

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