# Wieland — Character guide

> Key figures in Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown.

- [Clara Wieland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/clara_wieland.md): Narrator and central figure; recounts the tragic events affecting her family.
- [Theodore Wieland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/theodore_wieland.md): Clara's brother, whose religious fervor drives the plot's central tragedy.
- [Francis Carwin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/carwin.md): Mysterious stranger with ventriloquism abilities; key to the deceptions.
- [Henry Pleyel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/henry_pleyel.md): Clara's love interest and friend of the family; skeptical and rational.
- [Catharine Pleyel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/catharine_pleyel.md): Wieland's wife and Clara's close friend; a victim of the tragedy.
- [The elder Wieland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/my_father.md): Clara's father, whose mysterious death sets the stage for the story.
- [Grandfather Wieland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/my_grandfather.md): Clara's grandfather, a religious enthusiast whose story is recounted.
- [Mr. Ludloe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/ludloe.md): A philosophical acquaintance of Carwin, mentioned in his narrative.
- [Thomas Cambridge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/thomas_cambridge.md): A physician who appears late in the story to aid Clara.
- [Louisa Conway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/louisa_conway.md): A young woman under Clara's care, later revealed to be related to Stuart.
- [Maxwell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/maxwell.md): A family friend whose death is mentioned in the narrative.
- [Mr. Hallet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/mr_hallet.md): An older man who tells stories about the elder Wieland.
- [Mrs. Baynton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/mrs_baynton.md): A neighbor who assists Clara during her illness.
- [Major Stuart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/major_stuart.md): A British officer whose family connections are revealed late in the book.
- [Theresa de Stolberg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/theresa_de_stolberg.md): A woman in Carwin's backstory, connected to Ludloe.
- [Mrs. Stuart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/mrs_stuart.md): Major Stuart's wife, mentioned in the later revelations.
- [Leonard Weise](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/leonard_weise.md): An ancestor of the Wieland family, mentioned in the genealogy.
- [Bertrand](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wieland_se/characters/bertrand.md): A servant of Carwin's, mentioned in his confession.

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