The Haunting of Hill House
Characters in The Haunting of Hill House
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Eleanor Vance
A thirty-two-year-old woman who spent eleven years nursing her invalid mother and has never had a place of her own.
Supporting characters
Luke Sanderson
The idle young heir to Hill House, sent by his family to keep an eye on the investigation.
Dr. John Montague
A doctor of philosophy studying psychic phenomena, who rents Hill House and assembles the group.
Theodora (Hill House)
A vivid, bohemian artist with apparent psychic sensitivity who becomes Eleanor's companion and rival. Jackson gives her no surname.
Mrs. Montague (Hill House)
Dr. Montague's overbearing wife, who arrives partway through convinced she can reach the house's spirit with a planchette.
Mrs. Dudley (Hill House)
The housekeeper who cooks and cleans on a rigid schedule and will not stay at Hill House after dark.
Arthur Parker
A boys' school headmaster who accompanies Mrs. Montague on her visit to the house.