Vivie Warren
A recent graduate of Cambridge University, Vivie is 22 years old.
Mrs. Warren
Vivie's mother, who works as a prostitute and owns brothels.
Mr. Praed
An architect.
Sir George Crofts
Crofts owns brothels throughout Europe with Mrs. Warren.
Frank Gardner
Vive's 20-year-old friend.
Rev. Samuel Gardner
Frank's father, who had a previous relationship with Mrs. Warren.
Mrs. Alison
The woman in whose house Vivie is staying in Haslemere.
Phillipa Summers
A woman whose beating of the senior wrangler at Cambridge was widely reported in the news.
Mrs. Latham
Vivie's former tutor.
Honoria Fraser
Vivie's friend, with whom she works at Chancery Lane in London.
The barmaid at Redhill
A woman with whom Frank used to be obsessed.
Georgina
One of Frank's sisters.
Mrs. Gardner
Frank's mother and the Rev. Samuel's wife, who leaves the house before Mrs. Warren arrives.
Aunt Lizzie
Mrs. Warren's sister, who established herself as a respected lady in Winchester.
A clergyman
A clergyman got Mrs. Warren a position as a scullery maid before she worked as a prostitute.
Anne Jane
Mrs. Warren's half-sister, who worked in a whitelead factory and eventually died of lead poisoning.
Mrs. Warren's half-sister
An unnamed woman who, like Anne Jane, was one of Mrs. Warren's half-sisters. She married a government laborer and bore three children.
Bessie
One of Frank Gardner's sisters.
