# The Well of Loneliness — Character guide

> Key figures in The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall.

- [Stephen Gordon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/stephen_gordon.md): The protagonist, a masculine woman who becomes a writer and struggles with her identity.
- [Mary Llewellyn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mary_llewellyn.md): Stephen's beloved companion, a gentle woman who shares her life in Paris.
- [Puddle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/puddle.md): Stephen's devoted governess and lifelong friend who supports her through hardships.
- [Angela Crossby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/angela_crossby.md): A married woman who has a brief affair with Stephen, causing scandal.
- [Sir Philip Gordon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/sir_philip_gordon.md): Stephen's father, a kind and understanding country gentleman.
- [Lady Anna Gordon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/anna_gordon.md): Stephen's mother, who struggles to accept her daughter's nature.
- [Jonathan Brockett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/jonathan_brockett.md): A flamboyant playwright and friend who introduces Stephen to Parisian society.
- [Martin Hallam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/martin_hallam.md): A childhood friend who later proposes to Stephen, but is rejected.
- [Valérie Seymour](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/valerie_seymour.md): A confident lesbian writer and salon hostess who mentors Stephen.
- [Raftery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/raftery.md): An Irish groom at Morton who becomes a loyal friend to Stephen.
- [Collins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/collins.md): The elderly, half-blind butler at the Gordon family estate.
- [Jim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/jim.md): A stable boy and childhood friend of Stephen at Morton.
- [Wanda](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/wanda.md): A Polish woman who briefly stays with Stephen and Mary in Paris.
- [Mademoiselle Duphot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mademoiselle_duphot.md): A kind French governess who teaches Stephen as a child.
- [Roger Antrim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/roger_antrim.md): A local boy who teases Stephen during her childhood.
- [Mrs. Breakspeare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mrs_breakspeare.md): A motherly ambulance unit leader during World War I.
- [Barbara](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/barbara.md): A friend of Stephen and Mary in the Parisian circle.
- [David](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/david.md): A friend who interacts with Mary and Stephen in Paris.
- [Violet Antrim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/violet_antrim.md): Roger's sister, a childhood acquaintance of Stephen.
- [Miss Gordon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/miss_gordon.md): A formal reference to Stephen by servants or acquaintances.
- [Colonel Antrim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/colonel_antrim.md): A neighbor and father of Roger and Violet Antrim.
- [Lady Massey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/lady_massey.md): A society woman who visits Morton and gossips about Stephen.
- [Aunt Sarah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/aunt_sarah.md): Stephen's aunt who lives at Morton and is kind to her.
- [Pat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/pat.md): A servant or acquaintance at Morton who reacts to Stephen.
- [Dickie West](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/dickie_west.md): A friend from Stephen's ambulance unit during the war.
- [Miss Puddleton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/miss_puddleton.md): Another name for Puddle, Stephen's governess.
- [Pedro](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/pedro.md): A Spanish man who works or stays in the Parisian circle.
- [Henry Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/henry_jones.md): A minor acquaintance in the Parisian social scene.
- [Monsieur Pujol](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/monsieur_pujol.md): A Frenchman who interacts with Stephen in Paris.
- [Adèle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/adele.md): A French woman who is part of the Parisian lesbian circle.
- [Adolphe Blanc](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/adolphe_blanc.md): A French acquaintance in the Parisian arts scene.
- [Blakeney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/blakeney.md): A friend from the ambulance unit during World War I.
- [Mrs. Antrim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mrs_antrim.md): Mother of Roger and Violet Antrim, a neighbor of the Gordons.
- [Jean Maurel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/jean_maurel.md): A young French woman in the Parisian circle.
- [Dupont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/dupont.md): A French acquaintance in the Parisian social world.
- [Lincoln](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/lincoln.md): An American friend from the ambulance unit.
- [Nelson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/nelson.md): A young man in the Parisian circle of friends.
- [Mrs. Bingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mrs_bingham.md): A woman who interacts with Stephen during the war.
- [Peter Ibbetson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/peter_ibbetson.md): A literary reference or minor character in the narrative.
- [Violet Peacock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/violet_peacock.md): A woman in the Parisian lesbian circle, possibly a rival.
- [Mrs. Crossby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/mrs_crossby.md): Angela Crossby's mother-in-law or relative.
- [Alec Peacock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/alec_peacock.md): A young man in the Parisian circle, possibly Violet's brother.
- [Miss Bless](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/miss_bless.md): A minor acquaintance in the Parisian social scene.
- [Captain Ramsay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/captain_ramsay.md): An officer in the ambulance unit during World War I.
- [Margaret Roland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/margaret_roland.md): A woman who appears in the later part of the novel.
- [Ogilvy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/ogilvy.md): A friend from the ambulance unit during the war.
- [Polinska](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/polinska.md): A Polish woman in the Parisian lesbian circle.
- [Esmeralda](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/esmeralda.md): A woman in the Parisian circle of friends.
- [Agnes Massey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/agnes_massey.md): A society woman who gossips about Stephen.
- [Colonel Fitzmaurice](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/colonel_fitzmaurice.md): A military man who may join the Parisian circle.
- [Miss Thurloe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/miss_thurloe.md): A woman who appears in the later part of the story.
- [Jane Grigg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/jane_grigg.md): A minor character in the Parisian social scene.
- [Comtesse de Mirac](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/comtesse_de_mirac.md): A French countess in the Parisian social circle.
- [Clothilde](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/clothilde.md): An aunt or relative of a character in the novel.
- [Celestino](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/celestino.md): An Italian or Spanish servant in the Parisian household.
- [Else Weining](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_well_of_loneliness_se/characters/else_weining.md): A German woman in the Parisian lesbian circle.

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