Characters in The Borrowers

Arrietty Clock

A curious, literate fourteen-year-old Borrower who longs to see the world above the floorboards.

Also in The Borrowers afield, The Borrowers afloat, The Borrowers aloft, The Borrowers avenged

Mrs Driver

The house's suspicious housekeeper, who discovers the Borrowers and sets out to trap them.

Pod Clock

Arrietty's father, a skilled shoemaker and inventor and the family's best borrower.

Also in The Borrowers afield, The Borrowers afloat, The Borrowers aloft, The Borrowers avenged

Homily Clock

Arrietty's anxious, proud mother, who lives in constant fear of the family being seen.

Also in The Borrowers afield, The Borrowers afloat, The Borrowers aloft, The Borrowers avenged

Hendreary Clock

Pod's brother, Arrietty's uncle, who lives with his own family elsewhere in the house.

Lupy Clock

Hendreary's wife and Arrietty's aunt, another Borrower of the extended Clock family.

Eggletina Clock

Arrietty's cousin, the daughter of Hendreary and Lupy Clock.

Crampfurl

The gardener at the house, one of the humans who works around the Borrowers' hidden world.