The Europeans - Characters

Characters

  • Baroness Eugenia-Camilla-Dolores Munster.
  • Felix Young, 28 years old, Eugenia's brother. Felix is an artist. He does portraits and likes music and the theatre.
  • The Reigning Prince, the brother of Eugenia's husband.
  • Prince Adolf, of Silberstadt-Schreckenstein, Eugenia's husband in a morganatic marriage, whose family demands their divorce.
  • Mr Wentworth, Eugenia and Felix's uncle. He went to Harvard.
  • Gertrude Wentworth, 22 or 23 years old. Her father wants her to marry Mr Brand, but instead she ends up marrying Felix.
  • Charlotte Wentworth, Gertrude's sister. She ends up marrying Mr Brand.
  • Clifford Wentworth, in his 20s. He got suspended from Harvard because of a drinking problem. He ends up marrying Lizzie.
  • Mr Brand, a Unitarian minister. He helps Clifford remain abstemious. Mr Wentworth wants him to marry Gertrude.
  • Mr Gilman, the local priest.
  • Mr Robert Acton, a young man who increased his fortune in China. He went to Harvard.
  • Miss Lizzie Acton, Robert's sister. She ends marrying Clifford.
  • Mrs Acton, their mother, an invalid. She is 55 years old when Eugenia meets her.
  • Augustine, Eugenia's maid.
  • Mrs Whiteside, Eugenia and Felix's mother.
  • Mr Adolphus Young, Eugenia and Felix's father.
  • Mr Broderip, a friend of Mr Wentworth's. He went to Harvard.

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