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The Time Traveler's Wife

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The Time Traveler's WifeAudrey NiffeneggerThe Time Traveler's Wife, book 1

Characters in The Time Traveler's Wife

16 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Clare Anne Abshire

    Henry's wife, an artist who has known him since childhood because an older Henry visited her throughout her youth.

  • Henry DeTamble

    A man with a genetic condition that unpredictably pulls him through time.

Supporting characters

  • Jan Gomolinski

    Known to everyone as "Gomez" — a leftist lawyer and Henry's closest friend, married to Charisse.

  • Dr. David Kendrick

    A geneticist who studies Henry's condition, searching for a way to explain or control it.

  • Charisse (The Time Traveler's Wife)

  • Richard DeTamble

  • Alicia Abshire

  • Mark Abshire

  • Philip Abshire

  • Lucille Abshire

  • Mrs. Kim

  • Ingrid Carmichael

  • Celia Attley

  • Gomez (The Time Traveler's Wife)

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