Person

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ANNE ARDEN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Aunt to Elizabeth Arden; raises her after her motherís death at her fatherís request; puritanical, ìmid-Victorianî in her views, as family friend Mr. Hengist remarks [Ch.1]

ELIZABETH ARDEN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Heroine; trace her story from youth to adult; becomes a flapper as a young woman, yet remains ìquiet and docileî unlike others girls of her age [Ch. 2]; brown eyes and dusky hair [ch.2]; born just before 1900 [ch.2, 12]

LAWRENCE ARDEN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Father of Elizabeth Arden; resides in a house, the Boltons, in London [Ch.19]

DENIS BENSON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Escorts Elizabeth to her first private dance at the Carfews

MRS. BENSON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Landlady of rooms in Torquay where Elizabeth Arden stays [Ch.20]

MISS CARFEW

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A ìsmartly dressed athletic girl,î whoís family holds the first private dance Elizabeth Arden attends, escorted by Denis Benson and her father, Lawrence Arden. [ch.3]

MRS. CARFEW

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Hostess of the first private dance Elizabeth Arden attends [ch.3]

CARLYLE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Steven Ramsayís books [Ch. 15]

CAROLINE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Steven Ramsayís books [Ch.14]

JOHN CARYLL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Steven Ramsay; speaks ìin a drawl and quoted unknown versesî [ch.10]

ìCHUBBYî

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Elizabeth Ardenís partner during her first visit to the Elmsleysí private dance club.

SARAH COCKBURN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

An ìexcessively modernî friend of Elizabeth Arden who wears ìflaming jumpers and tweed skirts which showed a large expanse of check stockingî and who smokes copious cigarettes; has little concern for the social etiquette by which Elizabeth is expected to live her life [ch.4]

MRS. COCKBURN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Neighbor of the Ardens; more conservative than her daughter Sarah, friend of Elizabeth Arden [ch.4]

COLIN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in ìThe Adventures of Colin Cardew,î a magazine series Elizabeth is hired to type. [Ch.22]

MRS. COTTON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Landlady of lodging-house off Baker Street in London where Elizabeth Arden stays [Ch.21]

DALISON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Stephen Ramsayís books [Ch. 29]

KATE DALKEITH

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Acquaintance of Mrs. Ramsay, Stephenís mother; ìugly, but what a beautiful voiceî [ch.6]

DERRICK

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Stephen Ramsayís books [Ch. 30]

MARJORIE DREW

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

School friend of Elizabeth Ardenís; her brother Tony is one of Elizabethís first admirers. [Ch.2]

TONY DREW

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

One of Elizabeth Ardenís first admirers and her first love; brother of Elizabethís school friend Marjorie. Twenty-two and graduated from Cambridge, he realizes upon seeing Elizabeth that he is not in love with Mrs. Lambert, thirty-three and living in Bedford [Ch.2]

MRS EDMUNDSTON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Wife of the Vicar, Mr. Edmunson; neighbor of the Ramsays and the Ribblemeres in Kent [Ch.15]

MR. EDMUNDSTON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Vicar of the village in Kent where the Ramsays live; husband of Mrs. Edmunson. [Ch. 15, 17]

EDWIN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in Nina Trelawneyís book. [Ch.17]

MRS. LUCY ELMSLEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Sarah Cockburn, who runs a private dance club which Sarah asks Elizabeth Arden to join [ch.4]

GEORGE ELMSLEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Husband of Lucy, a friend of Sarah Cockburn; his wife organizes a private dance club to which Sarah and Elizabeth Arden belong

EMILY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

One of the cows on the Gabrielsí farm in Wood Hole [Ch.26]

COLONEL FARNCOMBE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Dinner guest of Mrs. Ramsay [Ch.23]

MRS. FFOLLIOT

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Neighbor of the Ramsays in Kent; plays bridge with Lady Ribblemere, Mrs. Edmundston, and Mrs. Ffolliot. [Ch. 17]

FLO

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A cocker spaniel, one of of Steven Ramsayís three dogs. [Ch.14]

FRANCES

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Stephen Ramsayís books [Ch. 29]

MR. GABRIEL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Farmer in Wood End; owns farmhouse where Elizabeth Arden stays for a month; ìa bluff and direct person with an enormous beard and bright red cheeksî [Ch. 26; 270]

MRS. GABRIEL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Wife of Mr. Gabriel, the farmer with whom Elizabeth Arden stays for a month; ìfat and motherlyî [Ch.26; 270]

GEOFFREY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Steven Ramsayís books, who later becomes Norman [Ch.14]

GRISELDA GORDON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in ìThe Adventures of Colin Cardew,î a magazine series Elizabeth is hired to type; beloved by the character Colin Cardew [Ch.22]

HECTOR

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

An Irish wolfhound, one of Steven Ramsayís three dogs. [Ch.14]

HEMINGWAY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Nina Trelawneyís [Ch.28 & earlier]

MR. HENGIST

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Known to Elizabeth and the reader as ìMr. Hengist,î friend of her father; critical of the ìMid-Victorianî way Lawrence and his sister, Anne, have brought Elizabeth up [Ch.1]

HORACE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in Nina Trelawneyís book [Ch. 28]

JASMINE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in Nina Trelawneyís book [Ch.28]

JERRY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

An Airedale, one of Steven Ramsayís three dogs [Ch.14]

MAY KIMBALL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of the Elmselys, who organize a private dance club which Elizabeth Arden joins at Sarah Cockburnís suggestion [ch.4]

MRS. LAMBERT

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Tony Drewís earlier love; thirty-three and lives in Bedford. Tony realizes he no longer desires a relationship with her after he meets Elizabeth Arden. [Ch.2]

NANA

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Nurse of Steven Ramsay; still cares for his house, Queenís Halt; ìa thin woman with an impassive countenanceî [Ch. 14; 132]

NELLIE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A large sheep dog of the Gabriels. [Ch.26]

NORMAN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Character in one of Steven Ramsayís books, first named Geoffrey [Ch.14]

THE PARCHETTS

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A married couple known by Steven Ramsay and Elizabeth Arden.

MRS. PEARSON

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Lodger in the rooms Elizabeth rents from Mrs. Cotton [Ch. 21]

MRS. CHARMIAN RAMSAY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Mother of Steven Ramsay and Cynthia Ruthven (nee Ramsay) [ch. 5, 14]

GEORGE RAMSAY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Father of Steven Ramsay and Cynthia Ruthven (nee Ramsay) [Ch.13]

STEVEN RAMSAY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Novelist; grey-blue eyes and thin cheeks, and ìvery white and straightî teeth [ch.4 (33)]; lives at Queenís Halt [Ch. 14; 130] ìin Kent, not far from Cranbrook in an old Tudor House with a gardenî [Ch.4] author of ìCelandineî and working on his next books ìHelenî and ìCaraway Seeds,î all in the ìmodernî style [Ch.4, 12], writing on the psychology of women [ch.6]; fought in Flanders during WWI [Ch.16]; attracted to Elizabeth from the first time he meets her at a dance [ch.4], and pursues her

LADY RIBBLEMERE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Neighbor of the Ramsays and Trelawleys in Kent; lives at ìthe Manorî [Ch. 15]; taken aback by a Futuristic poem by Bertie Tyrell [Ch.14]

SIR GEORGE RIBBLEMERE

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Neighbor of the Ramsays and the Trelawleys in Kent; lives at ìthe Manorî

ANTHONY RUTHVEN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

The ìamiable and rather fatî husband of Cynny Ruthen, Steven Ramsayís sister. [ch.4], who nonetheless has ìkind eyesî

CHRISTOPHER RUTHVEN

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Baby son of Cynthia Ruthven (nee Ramsay) and Anthony Ruthven [ch. 5]

MRS CYNTHIA RUTHVEN (NEE RAMSAY)

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

ìCynnyî

Sister of Steven Ramsay; a ìfair girl in a wispy black frockî who writes poetry; lives in Hanover Square [ch.5; 44]

MARION TAPLEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Mrs. Ramsay, Stevenís mother; lived at Weybridge, which ìsuitedî her, and had a speech impediment [ch.6]

THOMAS

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A bull terrier, Mrs. Ramsayís pet dog [Ch. 9]

TIMOTHY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

A pony Elizabeth Arden drives with her trap [Ch. 29]

MRS. TRELAWNEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Mother of Nina Trelawney, wife of Mr. Trelawney; lives in Kent near the Ramsays.

MR. TRELAWNEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Father of Nina Trelawney, husband of Mrs. Trelawney; avid gardener who lives in Kent near the Ramsays

NINA TRELAWNEY

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Childhood friendof Steven Ramsayís who lives with her parents in Kent [ch.6, 14], favored by Stevenís mother and sister, Cynthia, over his interest in Elizabeth Arden.

BERTIE TYRELL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Steven Ramsay and Nina Trelawley who writes Futuristic poetry and makes outrageous statements [Ch.14]

MRS. TYRELL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Wife of Bertie Tyrell, who shares his artistic interests

CHARLES WENDELL

INSTEAD OF THE THORN

Friend of Steven Ramsayís from WWI, where they both fought in the same battalion in Flanders [Ch.16]; ìtall, an dark, with very soft brown eyesî (Ch. 16; 160); well-dressed; not intellectual like Stephen Ramsay or his friends; becomes a close friend of Elizabethís as well [Ch. 16]