Characters in Something Fresh
- Ashe Marson, a writer of detective novels
- Joan Valentine, Ashe's neighbour, who writes stories for a gossip magazine
- Aline Peters, an old friend of Joan Valentine
- J. Preston Peters, Aline's father, a wealthy Scarab collector
- The Earl of Emsworth, absent-minded master of Blandings
- Freddie Threepwood, his younger son, engaged to Aline
- Lady Ann Warblington, Emsworth's widowed sister, chatelaine of Blandings
- Rupert Baxter, Lord Emsworth's very efficient secretary
- Sebastian Beach, dignified head butler at Blandings Castle
- Mrs Twemlow, housekeeper at the Castle
- George Emerson, a Hong Kong police officer, in love with Aline
- R. Jones, an obese bookmaker, a friend of Freddie Threepwood
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