The Autumn Bride
Characters in The Autumn Bride
7 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Abigail Chantry
A resourceful former governess who breaks into an apparently empty London mansion hoping to find something to sell, and ends up rescuing its neglected elderly owner instead.
Max Davenham
Lady Beatrice's skeptical nephew, an aristocrat freshly returned from years abroad in the East who suspects the young women caring for his aunt are impostors.
Supporting characters
Lady Beatrice Davenham
Max's elderly great-aunt, left ill and neglected by her own servants until Abby and her companions nurse her back to health and become her adopted "nieces."
Jane Chantry
Abigail's younger sister, rescued from a brothel where she was being held, and taken in as one of the four young women who become Lady Beatrice's household.
Freddy Monkton-Coombes
Max's rakish best friend, a self-described "black sheep" with a running fear of husband-hunting young women he calls "muffins."
Damaris Chance
A missionary's daughter rescued alongside Jane, who joins Abby, Jane and Daisy as one of the four "Chance sisters."
Daisy Chance
A former servant raised in a brothel who helps Abby rescue Jane, and becomes one of the four young women posing as Lady Beatrice's nieces.