Alexander's Bridge - Characters

Characters

  • Professor Lucius Wilson, a Professor of Philosophy. He was a student in Boston and now lectures in a Western university.
  • Mrs Winifred Alexander
  • Mr Bartley Alexander, a bridge builder.
  • Thomas, the Alexanders's servant.
  • MacKeller, a Scottish engineer who brought Bartley from London to Quebec when he was younger. He was a friend of Eleanor Pemberton.
  • Mrs Eleanor Pemberton, Winifred's aunt.
  • Maurice Mainhall, a popular man amongst writers.
  • Hugh MacConnell, a playwright.
  • Florence Merrill
  • Cyril Henderson
  • Hilda Burgoyne, Bartley's erstwhile lover with whom he resumes an affair. She is an actress.
  • Irene Burgoyne, a member of Hilda's family.
  • Sir Harry Towne
  • Lord Westmere
  • Lady Dowle
  • Lady Westmere
  • Lady Warford
  • Lady Kildare, an Irish philanthropist.
  • Robert Owen, Lady Kildare's nephew.
  • Sarah Frost, a novelist.
  • Mr Frost, Sarah Frost's husband.
  • Marie, a French girl.
  • Madame Anger
  • Angel, Madame Anger's servant, who was from Britanny and eventually left to start affairs with soldiers.
  • Mrs Hastings
  • Angora
  • Philip Horton. He works on bridges with Bartley.

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