With the exception of Miriam and a few people from England that she recalls at different times in the book, the cast of Oberland is entirely made up of people she meets during her trip to Switzerland.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| American | An unnamed man Miriam encounters several times at the hotel. |
| The family from Croydon | An unnamed family (father, son, and two daughters) that Miriam first meets on the train from Paris and later several times in the village. |
| Daphne | A young girl, the daughter of Mrs. Sneyde, that Miriam meets at the hotel. Daphne is intelligent but willful. |
| Eaden | An Italian who studied at Cambridge and became friends with Vereker. Daphne becomes infatuated with him. |
| Frederika | Daphne Sneyde’s German nurse. |
| Guerini | An Italian Miriam first mistakes for a Russian. They have several intense conversations in the course of her visit, with Guerini perhaps serving as a proxy for Michael Shatov. |
| Mr. Hancock | A dentist and Miriam’s employer, who arranges for her trip to Switzerland. |
| Mrs. Harcourt | A lively and sympathetic middle-aged woman who befriends Miriam. Years later, when Miriam is starting out as a writer, Mrs. Harcourt will lend her money.,/td> |
| 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 |
| Frau Knigg | The proprietress of the Alpenstock hotel |
| Le Mesuriers | Two guests at the Hotel Alpenstock |
| Maud Hollebone | Mrs. Sneyd’s sister-in-law, a relaxed and casual youngish woman. |
| Mr. Parry | A stout little Englishman staying at the same hotel as the family from Croydon |
| Skerry | A Scots mother and son (Tammas [Thomas]) staying at the hotel |
| Mrs. Sneyde | A slender woman, mother of Daphne, staying at the Hotel Alpenstock |
| Vereker | A charming English University man and excellent skier staying at the hotel. He and Miriam have several lively conversations. |
| Zurbuchen | A champion Swiss skier who competes with Vereker at the ski-fest |