Plot
Catherine Dollanganger, protagonist and narrator, is taken with her siblings to live at an old family estate in Virginia after her father's death.
Catherine L. Dollanganger
Cathy is the nickname of Catherine Leigh Dollanganger who is the novel’s protagonist and narrator. She spent most of her childhood in Gladstone, Pennsylvania before moving to The Foxworth Hall estate in Virginia. The character’s life drastically and painfully changes throughout the novel due to the hostility that she and her siblings encounter at Foxworth Hall. She describes herself as a person who doubts everything.
Cory Dollanganger
Cory is Carrie's twin brother. Cory has a premature and natural talent for music which he discovers one day in the attic at Foxworth Hall. He is described by Cathy as a boy with a sensitive nature. He also looks for comfort in Cathy's love. He has a pet named Mickey.
Carrie Dollanganger
Corrine Dollanganger (nee Foxworth)
She is the daughter of Malcom Foxworth, and Chirstopher Dollanganger, Sr.'s wife. She is notorious for killing her son Cory.
Malcom Foxworth
Corrine's father, and Christopher, Sr.'s half brother, a religious fanatic whose death the Dollanganger siblings think as their future freedom.
Olivia Foxworth
Olivia Foxworth
Christopher Dollanganger, Sr.
He is Malcom Foxworth's half brother, Corrine Dollanganger's husband, and the Dollanganger's siblings father. After his death in a car accident, Corrine takes the children to live in her parent's estate. Cathy has a strong bond with her father and at a later point in the novel, she sees him again in a dream.
He is Malcom Foxworth's half brother, Corrine Dollanganger's husband, and the Dollanganger's siblings father. After his death in a car accident, Corrine takes the children to live in her parent's estate. Cathy has a strong bond with her father and at a later point in the novel, she sees him again in a dream.
Bartholomew Winslow
Young handsome lawyer and Corrine's second husband.
John Amos
The butler at Foxworth Hall & cousin of Olivia Foxworth
Mickey
Cory's pet.
Levvy
Maid at Foxworth Hall