The Binding
The BindingBridget Collins
Characters in The Binding
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Emmett Farmer
A farm boy sent to apprentice with a bookbinder after an illness leaves him unfit for farm work; he learns that binding seals painful memories inside books.
Antagonists
Mr. de Havilland
Seredith's son, an unscrupulous binder who takes over her secret stock and takes charge of Emmett after her death.
Supporting characters
Lucian Darnay
A young gentleman from a wealthy family and a client of the bindery, who becomes significant in Emmett's life; the final section is told from his perspective.
Seredith
The elderly bookbinder who takes Emmett on as her apprentice and binds her customers' confessions and memories into books.