THE FRIEND Characters By Chapter	EDITOR: Christina Hale

CH FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION       Part 1   Stevie Smith An English Poet and Novelist.   Samuel Beckett An Irish Novelist.   Ted Bundy A Handsome Serial Killer.   The Narrator The Unnamed Narrator of the Story / A Teacher.   Wife Three The 3rd Wife of the Narrator's Bestfriend.   Georges Simenon Man who wrote novels under his name. A Belgian Writer.   Josephine Baker A French Entertainer.   Wife One The 1st Wife of Narrator's Bestfriend.   Wife Two The 2nd Wife of Narrator's Bestfriend.   Gustave Flaubert A French Novelist.   Virginia Woolf A Writer.   Laurence Olivier An Actor that could not make tears on demand.   Edith Piaf A French Vocalist.   Apollo   Great Dane of the Narrator's Bestfriend.   You   Narrator's Bestfriend and Mentor who died.   Georges Steiner A Famous Writer.   David Lurie Narrator and Narrator's Bestfriend's Favorite Writer.       Part 2   Hector   Narrator's Mexican Neighbor.   Buffon   A French Naturalist.   T.S Eliot An Essayist.   Samuel Butler An Author.       Part 3   Henry de Montherlant A French Essayist.   Joan Didion An American Journalist.   Janet Malcolm An American Writer.   Rebecca West A British Author.   W.G Sebald A German Writer.   Toni Morrison An American Novelist.   Cristha Wolf A German Literry Critic.   Henry James An American-British Author.   Philip Roth An American Novelist.   Sainte-Beuve   A French Critic.   Larette   A Writer with Mutism.   Arletty   A French Artist in 1945.       Part 4   J.R Ackerley British Author and Literary Editor of BBC's The Listener.   Queenie   J.R. Ackerley's Dog.   Miss Canvey Tulip's Veterinarian.   Romulus   The Founder of Rome.   Remus   Romulus's Twin.   Beau   The Dog of Narrator's Ex-Boyfriend.       Part 5   Louis Zamperini An U.S. Army Airman.   William Congreve The Playwright.       Part 6   Carter   Narrator's Student.   Jane   Narrator's Student.   Viv   Narrator's Student.   Kurt Vonnegut An American Writer.   O.P   Narrator's Co-Teacher.       Part 7   Abraham Lincoln The 16th U.S President.   Jean Marais An Actor in Beauty and the Beast.       Part 8   Rainer Maria Rilke A Bohemian-Austrian Poet.   Flannery O'Connor An American Novelist.   Hazel E. Hester A Woman who shoots herself to death. aka: Betty.   James Patterson The Best Selling Author in the World.   Judy Garland An American Singer.       Part 9   George Bailey A Fictional Character.   Joy Williams An American Singer.   Ludwig Wittgenstein A Philosopher and Logician.   Freeman Dyson A Physicist who attended Wittgenstein's lectures.   Gretl Wittgenstein Ludwig Wittgenstein's sister.   Tony Curtis A Film Actor.   Heinrich Von Kleist A German Writer.   Henriette Vogel Heinrich Von Kleist's Dream Lover.       Part 10   Gavin Ewart A Poet.   Bella   An Italian Mastiff.   Karl Kraus A Writer.   Milan Kundera A Writer of a Dog Story.   Tomas   The Protagonist in Milan Kundera's Story.   Tereza   Tomas's Wife.   Karenin   Tomas and Tereza's Dog.   Agent Starling A Fictional Character from Silence of the Lambs.   Laurie Anderson A Performer.   Yo-Yo Ma A Performer.   Michael Herr The Dead Author.       Part 11   Svetlana Alexievich A Journalist who won the Nobel Prize.   Martin Amis A British Novelist   Edna O'Brien An Irish Novelist.   Elizabeth Bishop An American Poet.   Doris Lessing A British Novelist.   Christopher Isherwood A Novelist.       Part 12   Serge Koussevitzky Conductor who complained about the birds singing out of tune.