THE GHOST WRITER  by Philip Roth Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Kristian
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CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION 1 Emanuel Isidore Lonoff Nathan's mentor, considered the most original storyteller since Melville and Hawthorne. Aka: Manny   Nathan Zuckerman Protagonist and narrator   McElroy   The overseer   Anton Chekhov Russian playwright and short story writer (Lonoff's kinsman in spirit)   Nikolai Gogol Russian novelist and short story writer (Lonoff's kinsman in spirit)   Leopold Wapter Judge   Levantine Valentino Lonoff's mate   Ernest Hemingway American novelist   F. Scott Fitzgerald American novelist   Robert Hutchins American educational philosopher   Adolf Hitler Nazi leader, dictator of Germany   Lee Harvey Oswald Assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy   Diego Velázquez Spanish painter   Hope Lonoff Lonoff's neglected wife   Amy Bellette Lonoff's student who lives with them   Betsy   Nathan's ex-girlfriend   Isaac Babel Russian author, protagonist in the book Nathan reads   Felix Abravanel American Jewish novelist   Benya Krik Leader of a criminal organization (Babel's character)   Hedda Hopper American gossip columnist   Jimmy Durante American comedian and actor   Andrea Rumbough Well-known journalist, Nathan's professor   Carla Peterson Rumbough Oregon congresswoman, Andrea's mother   Elizabeth Arden Cosmetics entrepreneur, Andrea's professor   Henri Bendel French designer, Andrea's professor   Thomas Mann German novelist, Andrea's friend and mentor   Seymour Knebel journalist/author 2 Henry James Well-known author   Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland   Meema Chaya Nathan's great aunt   Essie   Nathan's aunt   Sidney   Essie's brother, heir to Meema Chaya   Jenny   Sidney's wife   Annie   Sidney's mysterious mistress   Richard   Nathan's cousin, Essie's son   Robert   Nathan's cousin, Essie's son   Chester Nimitz U.S. Admiral during World War II   Meyer Ellenstein First Jewish mayor   Viktor Zuckerman Nathan's father. Aka: Doc Zuckerman   Joachim Prinz Rabbi, the city's most admired Jew   Teddy   Nathan's cousin, Viktor's powerful cousin   Henrik Ibsen Norwegian playwright, Nobel Prize winner   Thomas Wolfe American novelist, admired by Nathan   Dencombe   A novelist with a reputation (Henry James's character)   Dr. Hugh Physician to a rich English countess   Mrs. Wapter The judge's wife 3 Margot Frank Anne Frank's sister   Otto Frank Anne Frank's father. Aka: Pim   Daniel   Anne Frank's uncle   Miss Giddings Anne's teacher   Anne Frank Diarist, Holocaust victim   Peter van Pels Anne Frank's lover   Dr. Boyce Lonoff's consultant 4 Tessie   Nathan's aunt   Dave   One of Nathan's relatives   Birdie   One of Nathan's relatives   Murray   One of Nathan's relatives

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