# What’s Wrong with the World — Character guide

> Key figures in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

- [Unknown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/unknown_narrator.md): The unnamed narrator and focal character, often using first-person pronouns.
- [Hudge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/hudge.md): A symbolic figure representing the capitalist or employer class in Chesterton's allegory.
- [Gudge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/gudge.md): A symbolic figure representing the socialist or reformer, often contrasted with Hudge.
- [Mr. Bernard Shaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/mr_bernard_shaw.md): The playwright and critic, frequently debated as a contemporary intellectual figure.
- [Socialists](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/socialists.md): A collective group representing socialist ideology, often discussed as a political force.
- [Burke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/burke.md): The statesman and philosopher, cited as a conservative thinker on property and tradition.
- [Johnson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/johnson.md): Likely Dr. Samuel Johnson, referenced as a literary and moral authority.
- [Suffragettes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/suffragettes.md): The women's suffrage movement, discussed as a political and social phenomenon.
- [Miss Pankhurst](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/miss_pankhurst.md): Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the suffragette movement, mentioned as a key figure.
- [Mrs. Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/mrs_jones.md): A symbolic figure representing the common working-class family in Chesterton's allegory.
- [Charles I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/charles_i.md): The executed king, referenced as a historical example of authority and martyrdom.
- [Kipling](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/kipling.md): The poet and writer, discussed as a voice of imperialism and jingoism.
- [Lord Curzon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/lord_curzon.md): The Viceroy of India, cited as an example of imperialist administration.
- [Maeterlinck](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/maeterlinck.md): The Belgian playwright and poet, referenced in discussions of modern thought.
- [The Rev. Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/rev_brown.md): A clergyman mentioned as a representative of traditional religious authority.
- [Addison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/addison.md): Joseph Addison, the essayist and politician, cited as a literary figure.
- [Mr. Blatchford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/mr_blatchford.md): A socialist writer and journalist, debated as a contemporary thinker.
- [Virgil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/virgil.md): The Roman poet, referenced as a classic literary authority.
- [Mr. Fagin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/mr_fagin.md): The Dickensian character, used as a symbol of criminality or prejudice.
- [Count Tolstoy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/count_tolstoy.md): The Russian novelist and philosopher, discussed as a moral and social critic.
- [Napoleon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/napoleon.md): The French emperor, cited as a historical example of ambition and power.
- [Becket](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/becket.md): The archbishop and martyr, referenced as a symbol of church-state conflict.
- [Lieutenant Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/lieutenant_jones.md): A military figure used in allegory to represent the common soldier or citizen.
- [David Copperfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/david_copperfield.md): The Dickensian protagonist, referenced as a literary example of childhood.
- [The Swiss](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/the_swiss.md): The Swiss people, cited as an example of democratic and independent nationhood.
- [Shakespeare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/shakespeare.md): The playwright, referenced as the pinnacle of English literature.
- [Robespierre](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/robespierre.md): The French revolutionary leader, cited as a figure of terror and idealism.
- [The English](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/the_english.md): The English people, discussed as a national and cultural collective.
- [Captain Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/captain_smith.md): A military or naval officer, used as a generic example of authority.
- [Queen Elizabeth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/queen_elizabeth.md): The Tudor queen, referenced as a historical symbol of English greatness.
- [Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/queen_victoria.md): The recent monarch, cited as a symbol of Victorian morality and empire.
- [Mrs. Grundy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/mrs_grundy.md): A personification of conventional propriety and social judgment.
- [Reckitt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/reckitt.md): A contemporary figure, possibly a writer or politician, mentioned in passing.
- [Greek](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/greek.md): The ancient Greek people or culture, referenced as a classical ideal.
- [The Jacobites](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/the_jacobites.md): Supporters of the Stuart claim to the throne, cited as historical rebels.
- [Jane Austen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/characters/jane_austen.md): The novelist, referenced as a literary example of domestic realism.

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