Middlemarch
MiddlemarchGeorge EliotModern Library Classics
Characters in Middlemarch
8 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Dorothea Brooke
A wealthy, idealistic woman who marries the elderly scholar Casaubon hoping to help him with his research and find purpose in her life.
Supporting characters
Will Ladislaw
Edward Casaubon's younger cousin, an artistically inclined idealist whose growing bond with Dorothea is threatened by a codicil in Casaubon's will.
Rosamond Vincy
A beautiful, socially ambitious young woman whose marriage to Lydgate strains under financial and personal pressure.
Mary Garth
A plain-spoken, sensible young woman who insists Fred Vincy prove himself before she will marry him.
Nicholas Bulstrode
A wealthy, sanctimonious banker whose hidden past threatens to unravel his standing in Middlemarch.