Uncle Valentine - Characters

Characters

• Louise Ireland, a singing teacher in Paris. She was Valentine Ramsay's lover in Paris.
• American student. She says she has been practising some songs by Valentine Ransay.
• Valentine Ramsay, the main character round which the story revolves. He was married to Janet Oglethorpe but it wasn't a happy marriage. He eventually left her for Louise Ireland.
• Marjorie, the narrator. She is Aunt Charlotte Waterford's niece.
• Betty Jane
• Aunt Charlotte Waterford. She looked after Marjorie in childhood.
• Uncle Harry Waterford, Charlotte's husband.
• Harriet Waterford, Charlotte and Harry's daughter.
• Elizabeth Waterford, Charlotte and Harry's daughter.
• Janet Oglethorpe, Valentine Ramsay's ex-wife. She comes from a rich family of businessmen.
• Dickie, Janey and Valentine's son.
• Seymour Towne, Janey's new husband.
• Horace, Valentine Ramsay's late brother.
• The Steinert lads, some neighbours.
• Bonnie Brae, a neighbour.
• Uncle Johnathan. He drinks a lot of whisky and smokes a lot of tobacco. He likes to spend a lot of time reading books.
• Uncle Morton
• Molla Carlsen
• Miss Demming, a schoolteacher who teaches both Harriet and Marjorie.
• Black John
• Belle Wakeley, a neighbour who lives on Blinker's Hill.
• Mrs Hungerford, a deaf and old neighbour.
• Julia Knewstubb, an 'important' neighbour.
• Ida Milholland, an 'intellectual' neighbour. She speaks French.
• Roland Ramsay