Catherine “Cathy” Morland

The heroine of our story; an avid reader and outgoing young woman

Henry Tilney

Second son to a wealthy family, clergyman, and Cathy’s love interest

Eleanor Tilney

Kind, demure sister to Henry

General Tilney

A widower, initially renounces Cathy for her lack of fortune

Isabella Thorpe

A young social climber on the hunt for a husband, sister to John

John Thorpe

An arrogant man with a penchant for lying, brother to Isabella

James Morland

A young man with an eye for pretty women, Cathy’s brother

Frederick Tilney

Army Captain and dashing flirt, brother to Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Morland

Parents of the Morland siblings

Mrs. Thorpe

A widower, mother to John and Isabella