| 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. |
