# The Blithedale Romance — Character guide

> Key figures in The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

- [Zenobia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/zenobia.md): A passionate and brilliant woman at Blithedale, central to the drama.
- [Mr. Hollingsworth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/hollingsworth.md): A blacksmith and reformer with a single-minded philanthropic project.
- [Priscilla](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/priscilla.md): A delicate, mysterious young woman who arrives at Blithedale.
- [Miles Coverdale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/miles_coverdale.md): The narrator and a poet who observes the Blithedale experiment.
- [Silas Foster](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/silas_foster.md): The practical, earthy farmer who manages Blithedale's daily work.
- [Old Moodie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/old_moodie.md): A mysterious, shabby old man with a hidden past.
- [Fauntleroy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/fauntleroy.md): The former identity of Old Moodie, a ruined gentleman.
- [Professor Westervelt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/professor_westervelt.md): A suave, sinister mesmerist connected to the Veiled Lady.
- [Theodore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/theodore.md): A young man in Zenobia's legend who unmasks the Veiled Lady.
- [The Veiled Lady](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/the_veiled_lady.md): A mysterious veiled figure who performs in public shows.
- [Mrs. Foster](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/mrs_foster.md): Silas Foster's wife, who helps run the Blithedale household.
- [Eliot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/characters/eliot.md): Historical figure referenced as the namesake of Eliot's Pulpit.

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