Atonement
AtonementIan McEwan
Characters in Atonement
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Briony Tallis
A precocious thirteen-year-old aspiring writer whose false accusation drives the novel; later a nurse and novelist.
Cecilia Tallis
Briony's older sister, in love with Robbie across a class divide.
Robbie Turner
The housekeeper's son, wrongly accused and imprisoned, later a soldier at Dunkirk.
Supporting characters
Lola Quincey
The Tallises' cousin, at the center of the night's crime.