1 | Flora | Poste | An orphaned young woman. |
| Mary | Smiling | A widow, Flora's friend in London |
| | Sneller | Mrs Smiling's butler. |
| | | Pioneers-O - Mary's loyalist. |
| Robert | Poste | Flora's father. |
| Mrs | Poste | Flora's mother. |
| Tod | Smiling | Mrs Smiling's husband. Aka: Diamond. |
| Bikki | | One of the Pioneers-O. |
| Charles | Fairford | Flora's second cousin. |
| Helen | | Flora's cousin. |
2 | Judith | Starkadder | One of Flora's relatives. |
| Seth or Reuben | | Flora's assuption of Judith's son's name. |
| Amos | | Flora's assuption of Judith's husband's name. |
| Gwen | | Flora's aunts. |
| Mr | McKnag | Flora's father's cousin. |
| Ada | Doom | Flora's mother's eldest sister. Owner of the farm. |
| Swooth | | One of the Pioneers-O. |
| Goofi | | One of the Pioneers-O. |
| Riante | | Mrs Smiling's maid. |
| Mig | | One of the Pioneers-O. |
3 | Fig | Starkadder | Ada Doom's husband. |
| Adam | Lambsbreath | Old farm hand. |
| Elfine | | Outdoor-loving girl of the Starkadders. |
| Graceless | | One of the farm's cows. |
| Pointless | | One of the farm's cows. |
| Feckless | | One of the farm's cows. |
| Aimless | | One of the farm's cows. |
| Seth | | Judith's younger son. |
| Amos | | Judith's husband and hellfire preacher. |
| Mark | Dolour | One of the farm hands. |
| Micah | Starkadder | One of Amos's half-cousins. |
| Urk | | One of Amos's half-cousins. |
| Ezra | | Urk's brother. |
| Caraway | | One of Amos's half-cousins. |
| Harkaway | | Caraway's son. |
| Luke | | One of Amos's half-brothers. |
| Mark | | One of Amos's half-brothers. |
| Reuben | | Amos's eldest son. |
| Meriam | Beetle | The hired girl. |
4 | Viper | | A gelding. |
| Richard | Hawk-Monitor | Elfine's fiancée. Aka: Dick. |
5 | Nancy | | Mark Dolour's daughter. |
6 | Mrs | Beetle | The housekeeper. |
7 | Mrs | Murther | The landlady of 'The Condemn'd Man'. |
| Mr | Meyerburg | A writer who pursues Flora. Aka: Mr Mybug. |
8 | Deborah | Checkbottom | The other preacher. |
| Earl P. | Neck | Film producer. |
| Lily | | Neck's mistress. |
| Brother | Ambleforth | The one who leads the quivering. |
| Mrs | Polswett | Mrs Smiling protégée. |
9 | Billie | Polswett | Mrs Polswett son. |
10 | Julia | | Flora's friend. The one who collects books about gangsters. |
| Claud | Hart-Harris | One of Flora's friends. |
11 | Pamela | | Elfine's cousin. |
| Mr | Hawk-Monitor | Dick's father. |
12 | Joan | Hawk-Monitor | Dick's sister. |
| Mrs | Hawk-Monitor | Dick's mother. |
| Susan | | Micah's wife. |
| Phoebe | | Mark's wife. |
| Prue | | Luke's wife. |
| Letty | | Caraway's wife. |
| Jane | | Ezra's wife. |
| Rennett | | Susan's daughter. |
13 | Maison | Viol | Hairdresser. |
| Maison | Solide | Dressmaker. |
19 | Adolf | Müdel | Psychoanalyst. |
21 | Ralph | Pent-Hartigan | Dick's best man. |
22 | Agony | Beetle | Mrs Beetle husband. |