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Book cover of George's Marvelous Medicine
George's Marvelous MedicineRoald Dahl

Characters in George's Marvelous Medicine

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • George Kranky

    An eight-year-old boy left home alone with his cantankerous grandmother, who decides to brew her a secret concoction from household and farm ingredients.

Antagonists

  • George's grandmother

    George's cranky, demanding grandmother, whom he is left to look after and who ends up on the receiving end of his homemade medicine.

Supporting characters

  • Mr. Kranky (George's father)

    George's father, a farmer who becomes excited about the commercial possibilities of George's medicine once he sees what it does.

  • Mrs. Kranky (George's mother)

    George's mother, the grandmother's daughter, who leaves George in charge of the house at the start of the story.