Flowers in the Attic
Characters in Flowers in the Attic
9 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Cathy Dollanganger
The narrator, a spirited girl who dreams of being a ballerina while imprisoned with her siblings.
Also in Petals on the Wind, Seeds of Yesterday
Christopher Dollanganger Jr.
Cathy's older brother, fourteen when the children are locked away. He keeps the four of them alive and studies to become a doctor like their father, and his bond with Cathy turns into the novel's central taboo.
Antagonists
Corrine Foxworth
Supporting characters
Cory Dollanganger
The younger of the four-year-old Dollanganger twins, a quiet, musical child who never adjusts to life in the locked room.
Carrie Dollanganger
Cory's twin sister, four years old when the children are hidden away, raised almost entirely by her older siblings in a single room.
Malcolm Foxworth
The children's dying maternal grandfather and the master of Foxworth Hall, whose fortune is the reason they must never be seen.
Also in Garden of Shadows
Minor characters
John Amos
The Foxworth Hall butler, one of the few adults in the house who knows the children are upstairs.