Elizabeth Bennet
The second Bennet daughter: quick-witted, playful and confident in her own judgement.
Pride and Prejudice · Jane Austen
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Dr Craven
The cautious family doctor of Misselthwaite, and a cousin of its master.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Susan Sowerby
Martha and Dickon's wise, warm-hearted mother, who seems to understand everyone.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The Robin
A bold little robin who lives over the high wall and seems to know a secret.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Ben Weatherstaff
A gruff old gardener with a soft spot for a robin.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Mrs Medlock
The stout, strict housekeeper of Misselthwaite, who prefers children out of sight.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Archibald Craven
The sorrowful master of Misselthwaite, who has spent ten years running from his grief.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Martha Sowerby
A cheerful Yorkshire housemaid from a big moorland family, with no patience for being bossed about.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Dickon Sowerby
A boy of the moor whom wild animals trust, and who can make almost anything grow.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Colin Craven
A pale boy in a hidden room who has never been outside, and gives orders like a young prince.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Mary Lennox
A sour, lonely ten-year-old who has never been loved, sent to a gloomy house on the Yorkshire moor.
The Secret Garden · Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Mrs Westenra
Lucy's loving widowed mother, who hides her own failing health.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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R. M. Renfield
A puzzling patient in Dr Seward's asylum with an odd passion for collecting living things.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Quincey Morris
A brave, good-humoured American from Texas who has travelled half the world.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Arthur Holmwood
A generous young nobleman's son who wins Lucy's heart.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Dr John Seward
A young doctor who runs an asylum and records his diary on a phonograph.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Abraham Van Helsing
A brilliant, open-minded Dutch professor who knows that science cannot explain everything.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Lucy Westenra
A lively, warm-hearted young woman with three admirers and a habit of sleepwalking.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Mina Murray
A clever, organised young schoolmistress, engaged to Jonathan and Lucy's dearest friend.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Count Dracula
An ancient, courteous nobleman who lives alone in a crumbling castle in the Carpathians.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Jonathan Harker
A young English solicitor on a business trip to a mysterious count's castle.
Dracula · Bram Stoker
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Jephro Rucastle
A jolly, smiling country gentleman who offers a governess far more than the usual pay.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · Arthur Conan Doyle
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Violet Hunter
A clever, independent governess offered a salary that seems too good to be true.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Holder
The banker's son, deep in gambling debts, who refuses to explain what he was doing that night.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · Arthur Conan Doyle
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