# Of Human Bondage — Character guide

> Key figures in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

- [Philip Carey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/philip_carey.md): A club-footed orphan who pursues art and medicine while seeking meaning in life.
- [Mildred Rogers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mildred_rogers.md): A waitress who becomes Philip's obsessive love interest, often cruel and manipulative.
- [Sally Athelny](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/sally_athelny.md): The eldest daughter of the Athelny family, who becomes a steady presence in Philip's life.
- [Miss Wilkinson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miss_wilkinson.md): A flirtatious governess who has an affair with young Philip at Blackstable.
- [Cronshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/cronshaw.md): A cynical, alcoholic poet who influences Philip's artistic circle in Paris.
- [Norah Nesbit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/norah_nesbit.md): A kind, independent writer who becomes Philip's lover after Mildred leaves him.
- [Hayward](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/hayward.md): An aesthetic, well-read friend of Philip who debates art and life with him.
- [Frederick Lawson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/lawson.md): A painter and close friend of Philip during his Paris years.
- [Griffiths](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/griffiths.md): A charming medical student who becomes Philip's friend and later rival for Mildred.
- [Mrs. Carey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mrs_carey.md): Philip's kind, religious aunt who raises him after his mother's death.
- [Mrs. Athelny](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mrs_athelny.md): The warm, maternal wife of Thorpe Athelny and mother of many children.
- [Miss Price](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miss_price.md): A struggling art student in Paris who becomes desperate and tragically ends her life.
- [Clutton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/clutton.md): A talented but reclusive painter in Philip's Paris circle, fiercely independent.
- [Dunsford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/dunsford.md): A friendly, simple medical student who shares lodgings with Philip.
- [Weeks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/weeks.md): An American expatriate and friend of Philip in Paris, known for his intellectual debates.
- [Thorpe Athelny](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/thorpe_athelny.md): A bohemian, talkative man who works as a traveling salesman and befriends Philip.
- [Mrs. Otter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mrs_otter.md): A landlady in Paris who rents rooms to Philip and other art students.
- [Mr. Perkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mr_perkins.md): The headmaster of King's School at Tercanbury, who mentors Philip.
- [Mary Ann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mary_ann.md): A servant in the Carey household at Blackstable.
- [Leonard Upjohn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/leonard_upjohn.md): A pretentious writer who takes an interest in Cronshaw's poetry.
- [Josiah Graves](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/josiah_graves.md): The churchwarden at Blackstable, often in conflict with Mr. Carey.
- [Fräulein Cäcilie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/fraulein_cacilie.md): A German girl at Frau Erlin's pension who flirts with Philip.
- [Mr. Flanagan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mr_flanagan.md): An American medical student and friend of Philip in London.
- [Macalister](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/macalister.md): A Scottish stockbroker who introduces Philip to speculation.
- [Doctor South](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/doctor_south.md): A gruff, elderly doctor who employs Philip as an assistant in Dorset.
- [Miguel Ajuria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miguel_ajuria.md): A Spanish painter in Paris, part of Philip's artistic circle.
- [Frau Professor Erlin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/frau_professor_erlin.md): The stern proprietress of a pension in Heidelberg where Philip stays.
- [Sampson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/sampson.md): A buyer at Lynn's department store where Philip works briefly.
- [Albert Price](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/albert_price.md): Fanny Price's brother, who appears after her death.
- [Emil Miller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/emil_miller.md): A German student at Heidelberg who befriends Philip.
- [Ruth Chalice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miss_chalice.md): A bohemian art student in Paris who models for painters.
- [Mrs. Foster](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mrs_foster.md): The housekeeper at the vicarage in Blackstable.
- [Singer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/singer.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Emma](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/emma.md): Philip's devoted nurse during his childhood at Blackstable.
- [Monsieur Ducroz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/monsieur_ducroz.md): A French painter and teacher at the art school in Paris.
- [Mrs. Hodges](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mrs_hodges.md): The landlady of Philip's lodgings in London.
- [Miss Alice Antonia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miss_alice_antonia.md): An eccentric old woman who lodges at the same house as Philip in Paris.
- [Herbert Carter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/herbert_carter.md): A clerk at the accounting firm where Philip works briefly.
- [Sung](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/sung.md): A Chinese student at Heidelberg, part of Philip's circle.
- [Mr. Goodworthy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mr_goodworthy.md): A senior clerk at the accounting firm where Philip works.
- [Erb](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/erb.md): A German student at Heidelberg, known for his drinking.
- [Fräulein Hedwig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/fraulein_hedwig.md): A pretty German girl at Frau Erlin's pension.
- [Winks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/winks.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Fräulein Anna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/fraulein_anna.md): A German girl at Frau Erlin's pension, sister of Fräulein Cäcilie.
- [Sharp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/sharp.md): A fellow clerk at the accounting firm who leaves before Philip.
- [William Carey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/william_carey.md): Philip's stern, religious uncle who raises him after his mother's death.
- [Dr. Wigram](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/dr_wigram.md): The local doctor in Blackstable who attends the Carey family.
- [Harris](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/harris.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Ramsden](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/ramsden.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Chandler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/chandler.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Newson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/newson.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Miss Graves](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/miss_graves.md): The sister of Josiah Graves in Blackstable.
- [Mr. Graves](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mr_graves.md): A relative of Josiah Graves in Blackstable.
- [Venning](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/venning.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Dr. Fleming](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/dr_fleming.md): A doctor at St. Luke's Hospital in London.
- [Emily](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/emily.md): Philip's aunt by marriage, mentioned briefly.
- [Gravier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/graviers.md): A French painter in Paris, part of Philip's circle.
- [Aunt Elizabeth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/aunt_elizabeth.md): An aunt of Philip's mother, mentioned in his childhood.
- [Onkel Heinrich](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/onkel_heinrich.md): An uncle of the German students at Heidelberg.
- [Mr. Nixon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/mr_nixon.md): The senior partner at the accounting firm.
- [Potter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/potter.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Cooper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/cooper.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.
- [Holden](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/of_human_bondage_se/characters/holden.md): A medical student and friend of Philip at St. Luke's.

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