| | | | The Letter |
| | Bailey | | A guardian of the book shop keys. |
| | Margaret | Lea | Protagonist. |
| | | | The Banbury Herald - The local newspaper. |
| | Vida | Winter | Famous novelist. Aka: Adeline March, Shadow. |
| | Charles | Dickens | The world's most famous author. |
| | Jules | Landier | The protagonist in Margaret's first book. |
| | Edmond | Landier | Edmond's brother. |
| | Mrs. | Robb | Margaret's next-door neighbor. |
| | | | Arrival |
| | Judith | | Vida's housekeeper. |
| | | | Meeting Miss Winter |
| | George | Angelfield | Vida's grandfather. Isabelle and Charlie's father. |
| | Mathilde | M. Angelfield | Vida's grandmother. Isabelle and Charlie's mother. |
| | Charlie | Angelfield | Isabelle's brother. |
| | Isabelle | Angelfield | Charlie's sister. Adeline and Emmeline's mother. |
| | Emmeline | Angelfield | Vida's twin sister. Isabelle's daughter. |
| | Roland | March | Isabelle's husband. |
| | Sybilla | March | Roland's sister. |
| | | | Gardens |
| | Maurice | | The Angelfield's driver. |
| | Martha | Dunne | The loyal servant of the Angelfields. Aka: The Missus. |
| | John | Digence | Angelfields's gardener. Aka: John-the-dig. |
| | | | Merrily and The Perambulator |
| | Mary | Jameson | Fred Jameson's wife. Aka: Mary Leigh, Merrily. |
| | Fred | Jameson | One of the farmers in the Angelfield Village. |
| | Mr. | Griffin | The Angelfields's neighbor. |
| | Granny | Stokes | Mr. Griffin's next-door neighbor. |
| | Dr. | Clifton | Vida's doctor. |
| | | | Dr. and Mrs. Maudsley |
| | Dr. | Maudsley | A doctor at the Angelfield's Village. |
| | Wilfred | Bonner | The neighbor of Angelfields. |
| | Theodora | Maudsley | Dr. Maudsley's wife. |
| | | | The Almanacs |
| | | | LDD - Legal Decree of Disease. |
| | Lewis Anthony | March | Roland's uncle. An artist. |
| | Miss | Jenkinshop | The Banbury Herald's reviewer. |
| | | | The Friendly Giant |
| | Aurelius A. | Love | A stranger that Margaret met and befriended. |
| | | | Graves |
| | Mr. | Lomax | The Angelfield's solicitor. |
| | Hester | Barrow | The governess at Angelfield's house. |
| | Joan Mary | Love | Aurelius's wife. |
| | | | After Hester |
| | Ivan | Lea | Margaret's father. |
| | William Henry | Cadwallader | Margaret's acquaintance. |
| | Kitty | | Mrs. Love's sister. |
