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The House of the Spirits

Book cover of The House of the Spirits
The House of the SpiritsIsabel AllendeTrilogía Involuntaria, book 3

Characters in The House of the Spirits

11 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Clara del Valle Trueba

    Clairvoyant wife of Esteban, whose predictions and long silences shape the household.

  • Esteban Trueba

    Proud, violent landowner who rebuilds the Tres Marías estate and becomes a conservative senator; narrates part of the novel.

  • Alba Trueba

    Blanca's daughter and the novel's narrator, who is imprisoned and tortured after the coup.

Supporting characters

  • Blanca Trueba

    Esteban and Clara's daughter, whose love for the peasant organizer Pedro Tercero García defies her father.

  • Férula Trueba

    Esteban's devoted sister, who serves Clara until Esteban banishes her from the house.

  • Jaime Trueba

    Clara and Esteban's son, a doctor devoted to treating the poor.

  • Nicolàs Trueba

  • Pedro Tercero García

    The foreman's son, a socialist songwriter and organizer on the Tres Marías estate, and Blanca's lover.

  • Pedro Tercero Garcia

  • Esteban Garcia

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