1 | Frances | Price | Protagonist. Aka: Franny. |
| Rose | Wynn | Frances's daughter. |
| Mrs. | Thompson | Frances's housekeeper. |
| Hetty | Chesney | Frances's aunt. |
| Lily | Price | Frances's sister. |
| Reggie | Wynn | Frances's dead husband. |
| Leo | Kendrick | Lily's
fiancé. |
| Patricia | Kendrick | Leo's mother. |
| Eliza | Durant | Leo's sister. |
| Graham | Wynn | The current Earl of Harleigh. Frances's brother-in-law. |
| George | Hazelton | Frances's lover. |
| Earl | Of Hartfield | Hazelton's brother. |
| Fiona | Nash | George's sister. Frances's best friend. |
| Robert | Nash | Fiona's husband. |
2 | Daisy | Price | Frances and Lily's mother. Aka: Marguerite. |
| Alonzo | | Frances and Lily's brother. |
| Ernest | Treadwell | Leo's best man. |
| Arthur | Durant | Eliza's husband. |
| Clara | Kendrick | Leo's sister. |
| Anne | Kendrick | Leo's sister. |
| Bridget | | Frances's maid. |
3 | Mrs. | Ansel | Hartfield's housekeeper. |
| Lottie | Evingdon | Lily's friend. |
| Charles | Evingdon | Reggie's cousin. Lottie's husband. |
4 | Mr. | Gibbs | The man who accidentally fell from his horse. |
| John | Winnie | Mr. Gibbs's assistant. |
| Tuttle | | A gamekeeper. |
5 | Paloma | | One of George's houses. |
| Percy | Bradmore | Lady Esther's great nephew. |
| Lady | Esther | Hartfield's neighbor. |
6 | Crocker | | The Hartfield's butler. |
| Mrs. | Humphries | The Hartfield's cook. |
| Michael | O'Brien | One of Hartfield's footmen. Murdered. |
| Dr. | Woodrow | Michael's examiner. |
| Peter | | The Hartfield's under-butler. |
| Ben | | One of Hartfield's footmen. |
7 | Mr. | Easton | Hazelton's neighbor. |
| Mrs. | Easton | Mr. Easton's husband. Fiona's acquaintance. |
| Mrs. | Carruthers | The vicar's wife. |
8 | William | Stafford | One of Hartfield's neighbors. |
9 | Hancock | | George's veterinarian. |
10 | Emma | | Daisy's maid. |
12 | Fisk | | A police sergeant. |
13 | Jonesy | | Fiona's maid. |
17 | Cora | | Eliza's maid. |
18 | Bracken | | A criminal. The man who threatened Hazelton. |
19 | Jamie | | Bracken's son. |
21 | Hector | | A horse. |