The Pursuit of Love - Other Characters

Other Characters

  • Fanny Logan, the narrator, a cousin of the Radletts and Linda's best friend
  • Fabrice de Sauveterre, a wealthy French duke, Linda's final lover and the great love of her life
  • Emily Warbeck, Sadie Alconleigh's sister and Fanny's aunt
  • Davey Warbeck, Emily's husband, a distinguished writer and critic, and also a hypochondriac who undergoes unusual remedies for the sake of his health
  • The Bolter, for whom no other name is given, Fanny's mother and younger sister to Sadie and Emily. She is called the Bolter because of her many marriages.
  • Lord Merlin, a neighbor of the Radletts who befriends and mentors Linda, and introduces her to high society
  • Tony Kroesig, Linda's first husband, a banker and later a Conservative MP
  • Sir Leicester Kroesig, Tony's father, also a banker, who strongly dislikes Linda
  • Moira Kroesig, Linda and Tony's child, whom Linda dislikes on sight
  • Christian Talbot, Linda's second husband, an ardent Communist
  • Lavender Davis, a childhood acquaintance of Linda's
  • John Fort William, Louisa's husband, in the House of Lords
  • Alfred Wincham, Fanny's husband, an Oxford don
  • Juan, the Bolter's Spanish lover

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