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