lydia narraway
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Edmund Narraway
the 40-something abstemious and priggish narrator; he returns to the family home for the funeral of his domineering mother. Coming from a family of artists, Edmund is an engraver....
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Otto Narraway
Edmund Narraways hard-drinking, womanizing brother, elder by two years; a stone mason, he has taken on a series of apprentices over the yearsmore...
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Lydia Narraway
the ruthless, domineering mother of Otto and Edmund...
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Isabel Narraway
the long-suffering, plaintive Scottish-born wife of Otto Narraway...
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Flora Narraway
the pretty 16-year-old red-headed daughter of Otto and Isabel Narraway; to his horror, Edmund finds himself noticing how attractive she is...
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David Levkin
a 20-something apprentice to Otto Narraway; he is a Russian Jew...
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Elsa Levkin
David Levkins promiscuous sistermore...
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Maggie The Italian Girl
Brought to England to be a nursemaid for Otto and Edmund when they were children, she is only slightly older. She later took care of Flora Narraway, but Maggie has remained, long after the need for her is over....
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John Narraway
the famous artist father, much more talented than his sons, Otto and Edmund; he died long ago...