# Night and Day — Character guide

> Key figures in Night and Day by Virginia Woolf.

- [Katharine Hilbery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/katharine_hilbery.md): The central female protagonist, a thoughtful young woman torn between duty and desire.
- [Ralph Denham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/ralph_denham.md): A passionate lawyer and aspiring writer who becomes deeply involved with Katharine.
- [Mary Datchet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mary_datchet.md): A dedicated suffragist and friend to both Katharine and Ralph, with her own quiet strength.
- [William Rodney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/william_rodney.md): A conventional poet and Katharine's fiancé, struggling with his feelings for Cassandra.
- [Cassandra Otway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/cassandra_otway.md): A lively young cousin of Katharine who becomes entangled with William Rodney.
- [Mrs. Hilbery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_hilbery.md): Katharine's eccentric, romantic mother, absorbed in writing a biography of her poet father.
- [Mr. Hilbery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mr_hilbery.md): Katharine's gentle, scholarly father, a retired editor.
- [Mrs. Milvain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_milvain.md): A friend of the Hilberys who hosts social gatherings.
- [Mr. Clacton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mr_clacton.md): A colleague of Mary Datchet in the suffrage office.
- [Mrs. Seal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_seal.md): A passionate suffragist who works with Mary Datchet.
- [Joan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/joan.md): An elderly servant in the Hilbery household.
- [Lady Otway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/lady_otway.md): Cassandra's mother, a country gentlewoman.
- [Henry Otway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/henry_otway.md): Cassandra's brother, a young man studying law.
- [Cyril Alardyce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/cyril_alardyce.md): A young relative of the Hilberys, a poet who dies young.
- [Celia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/celia.md): Katharine's aunt, a Hilbery family member.
- [Sir Francis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/sir_francis.md): A family friend of the Hilberys, a retired military man.
- [Mr. Peyton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mr_peyton.md): A friend of William Rodney, a minor literary figure.
- [Kit Markham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/kit_markham.md): A young woman who is a friend of the Hilberys.
- [Sally Seal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/sally_seal.md): A relative of Mrs. Seal, involved in suffrage work.
- [Rev. Wyndham Datchet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/rev_wyndham_datchet.md): Mary Datchet's father, a country clergyman.
- [Mr. Fortescue](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mr_fortescue.md): A friend of the Hilberys, a literary man.
- [Augustus Pelham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/augustus_pelham.md): A young man who is a friend of the Hilberys.
- [Mrs. Denham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_denham.md): Ralph Denham's mother, a widow living in the country.
- [Richard Alardyce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/richard_alardyce.md): The famous poet, Mrs. Hilbery's father, deceased before the story.
- [Johnnie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/johnnie.md): A young man, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Miss Markham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/miss_markham.md): A friend of the Hilberys, possibly Kit's mother.
- [Mrs. Vermont Bankes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_vermont_bankes.md): A friend of the Hilberys, a society woman.
- [Mrs. Sutton Bailey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mrs_sutton_bailey.md): A friend of the Hilberys, mentioned in passing.
- [Queenie Colquhoun](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/queenie_colquhoun.md): A young woman mentioned in conversation.
- [Mr. Popham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/night_and_day_se/characters/mr_popham.md): A colleague of Ralph Denham at the law office.

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