| Alma Wilson |
A former schoolmate of Miriam’s now married to the writer Hypo Wilson. She corresponds to Amy Catherine Robbins Wells, wife of H. G. Wells. |
| Mrs. Bailey |
The landlady at the boarding house on Tansley Street where Miriam takes a room. |
| Professor and Mrs. Bolly |
An older couple, friends of the Wilsons and admired by Miriam. |
| Mrs. [Mary Everett] Boole |
A real person — prolific author on education, logic, mathematics, and health. |
| Eleanor Dear |
A woman Miriam first encountered in The Tunnel. Miriam sees her as manipulative and playing to the stereotype of the helpless female. She reappears in Revolving Lights, now married to Rodkin and with two children (Lancelot and Lobelia). |
| Dora and George Taylor |
Radicals who publish a magazine that Miriam eventually writes for. |
| Egström |
A Swede who boards with Mrs. Bailey. |
| Eunice Bradley |
A childhood friend of Miriam’s who has gone mad. |
| Eve Henderson |
Miriam’s older sister, now running a gift shop in a seaside town in Essex |
| Exeter |
An acquaintance of Miriam’s who is discussed in Chapter 1 |
| Captain Gradoff |
A Russian sea captain boarding with Mrs. Bailey |
| Mr. and Mrs. Graham |
Friends of the Wilsons. The husband is dying of cancer |
| Mr. and Mrs. Grimshaw |
Friends of the Wilsons |
| Mr. Hancock |
A dentist and Miriam’s employer. She remains working for him for over eleven years. Corresponds to John Henry Badcock. |
| Hartopp |
A large half-German man staying with the Wilsons during Miriam’s vacation stay |
| Harriet Henderson |
Miriam’s youngest sister, married to Gerald Ducayne |
| Hypo Wilson |
A writer of growing fame and husband of Alma Wilson. Corresponds to H. G. Wells, whom Dorothy Richardson would later have an affair with and become pregnant by, eventually losing the child to a miscarriage |
| Miss Lane |
A friend from Miriam’s youth who has gone mad |
| Mr. Leyton [Orly] |
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Orly and the youngest dentist in the practice owned by Mr. Hancock and Mr. Orley. His engagement and fiancée are mentioned in Chapter 1. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Lintoff |
A college friend of Michael Shatov, a doctor of philosophy, now a Russian revolutionary visiting London with his wife after their recent marriage |
| Mr. Mendizabal |
A former boarder at Mrs. Bailey’s who falsely led a group of Canadian doctors to suspect Miriam of improper behavior |
| Michael Shatov |
A Russian Jew who begins taking English lessons from Miriam. Their relationship then develops intellectually and romantically, though Miriam ultimately refuses him. He remains a friend and ultimately marries Amabel, who rooms with Miriam in Dawn’s Left Hand. Corresponds to Benjamin Grad. |
| Mildred Gaunt |
The third of the women Miriam mentions as having gone mad |
| M’Taggart |
A writer and philosopher whose lectures Miriam attends with Michael. Corresponds to J. M . E. McTaggart. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Orly |
The senior partner at the dental practice and his wife. The Orlys live in quarters that are part of the house at Wimpole Street. |
| Miss Prout |
A writer admired by Hypo Wilson & a house guest at the Wilsons while Miriam is staying with them. Corresponds to Violet Hunt. |
| [Emil] Reich |
A German lecturer on European history and literature Miriam hears and admires |
| Mr. Rodkin |
A former boarder at Mrs. Bailey’s, he has married Eleanor Dear |
| Salem Oldfield |
An American who takes Miriam and Michael Shatov to a Quaker meeting |
| Sarah/Sally Henderson |
Miriam’s oldest sister, correponds to Frances Kate Richardson |
| Sigerson |
A Swede who boards with Mrs. Bailey |
| Simpson |
A young friend of Hypo Wilson |
| Mrs. Sloan-Paget |
A relative of the Orlys who wants to take Miriam into society |
| Alathea, Belinda and Mehetabel Speck |
Friends of Miriam and Alma Wilson from their schooldays |
| Taunton |
A curate who became interested in Eleanor Dear in The Tunnel |
| Tommy Babington |
A friend of the Hendersons that Miriam encounters on the street in Revolving Lights |
| Miss Waugh |
An “emancipated” woman mentioned by Hypo Wilson |
| Dr Winchester |
An older man, one of the Canadian doctors boarding with Mrs. Bailey |
