gervain woodhouse
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Beauty / Honour Huston (robin Mckinley)
The youngest of the three sisters and is the heroine and narrator of the story. Her real name is Honour, in accordance to the literal preference of their mother in naming her children. She got the nickname Beauty when she made the ...
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Grace Huston
She is the eldest of the three sisters and is seven years older than Beauty. She grew into a beautiful and profoundly graceful woman with butter-yellow hair and blue eyes. She has many doting swains, but chose to keep her engagement to a man who sailed ou...
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Molly Honeybourne
Melindas eldest child who helped her clean the Blue Hill house for Beauty and her family. more...
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Hope Huston-woodhouse
She is the second eldest sister of Beauty, five years older with chestnut-brown hair and smoky green eyes. She married her fathers ironworker who helped them pick their losses and start a new life in a town closer to his own home. She eventually gav...
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Lydia (robin Mckinley)
One of Beautys invisible handmaids in the enchanted castle. more...
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Bessie (beauty)
One of Beautys invisible handmaids in the enchanted castle.more...
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Mercy Woodhouse
One of Hopes twins, born 10 months after she and Ger were married. She is the older of the twins and is named after the youngest Huston sister that died two weeks into her life.more...
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Richard Woodhouse
The second of Hopes twins, born 10 months after she and Ger were married. He is named after Gers father. more...
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Ruth (robin Mckinley)
One of the servants in the Huston household who have pleaded to stay with the family without pay until they left for the country....
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Lady Marguerite
She is the mother of the three sisters who died when Beauty was less than two years old. She married her husband when she was seventeen years old and the man was forty. She came from a fine family that had nothing but its bloodlines left to live on. She h...
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Robert Tucker
He is a blue-eyed, black-haired man of twenty-eight years, who is Mr. Hustons most promising young captain. Robbie, as he is fondly called, decided to set sail after his engagement to Grace so he can earn his own keep and support his wou...
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Gervain Woodhouse
He is an estimable young man who works as an ironworker in Mr. Hustons shipyard. He is Hopes lover and hes the one who helped her family start a new life in Blue Hill. Hes a skilled blacksmith who has enough sense to be cautious of...
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Roderick Huston
He is the father of the three sisters. He is one of the wealthiest merchants in the city until he lost his ships in the sea. Hes the son of a shipwright who worked hard to buy merchant ships of his own and at forty was well-known in most of the majo...
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Tom Black
He bred, raised and trained horses and had a stable in the city and a stud farm outside the city. He has an excellent reputation throughout the large portion of the country. He sold hacks and hunters and carriage horses for his livelihood. He gave Greathe...
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Greatheart
Beautys companion horse. She took care of him when he was merely a foal and his mother died in childbirth. He would do anything Beauty asks of him and would never leave her side. He learned to adapt to the presence of the Beast for the sake of Beaut...
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Tom Bradley
One of the wagoners with whom Beauty and his family traveled with on their way to Blue Hill. Hes quite adept at camp life, having done much traveling for almost thirty years. He is known as the nursemaid among the wagoners becaue he has ...
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Melinda Honeybourne
She is Gers aunt who lives in Blue Hill. A widow of four years, she manages the Red Griffin which is a tiny public house that caters to travelers and locals alike. She has six children. She was the one who wrote to Gervain about the empty smithy in ...
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Ferdy (robin Mckinley)
A lad few years older than Beauty. He helped Ger in the forge and seems to have promise as a smith. Hes very tall and thin with bony hands and a big nose an da wild thatch of red hair. He became good friends with Beauty and taught her a lot of thing...
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Pat Lawrey
The town curate who shows interest in marrying Grace. Beauty thinks hes a nice young man and nothing else besides. more...
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Nick Callaway
A town local who regularly travels to the city. Mr. Huston asked his favor to deliver his and his daughters messages to Robbie....
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John Honeybourne
Melindas oldest boy who replaced Ferdy as Gers assistant when the latter was sent to Goose Landing to assist Gers injured uncle. more...
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Cider (robin Mckinley)
The new mane that Greatheart flirted with when he and Beauty came home for a week. She got her name from the delicious cider the family was able to produce in that season....
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Frewen (robin Mckinley)
Mr. Hustons merchan friend in the city who informed him about the return of one of his ships, Merlyn, and who provided him with hospitality and lodging while he stayed in the city. more...
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Orpheus/phooey
The canary that one of the Hustons neighbors gave them as company for their journey to the country. more...
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Odysseus (robin Mckinley)
He is Mr. Hustons horse, bought from Tom Blacks stable out of the money he got from selling his ship, Merlyn. He is traumatised by his encounter with the Beast and wouldnt go near the silver gate to the castle. more...
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