J.W. von Goethe (1749–1832). Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship.
The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction. 1917.
List of Characters
- W
ILHELM MEISTER. - His father.
- His mother.
- His sister, later married to young Werner.
- O
LD WERNER, partner of Wilhelm’s father. - Y
OUNG WERNER, son of Old Werner. - M
ARIANA, an actress, Wilhelm’s first love. - F
ELIX, her son. - B
ARBARA, her servant and confidante. - N
ORBERG, in love with Mariana. - M
ELINA, an actor. - F
RAU MELINA, his wife. - Her parents.
- S
ERLO, a theatrical manager. - A
URELIA, his sister. - A manufacturer of Hochdorf.
- Head forester of Hochdorf.
- D
EMOISELLE LANDRINETTE & M. NARCISS, acrobats. - P
ICKLEHERRING. - M
IGNON, a little dancer. - “T
HE GREAT DEVIL,” a showman, first master of Mignon - L
AERTES, an actor. - P
HILINA, an actress. - The pedant, an actor.
- “O
LD BOISTEROUS,” an actor. - E
LMIRA, his daughter, later married to Serlo. - “The Fair Saint.”
- N
ARCISS, her betrothed. - P
HILO, her friend. - L
OTHARIO, FREDERICK, The Countess & NATALIA, “the Amazon,” nephews and nieces of “the Fair Saint.” - Their uncle.
- T
HERESA, later married to Lothario. - L
YDIA, in love with Lothario. - The Count.
- His stallmeister.
- The prince von——
- A baron.
- A baroness.
- The abbé, in various disguises, J
ARNO, A physician & A surgeon, attached to Lothario. - An Italian marchese.
- A
UGUSTIN, his brother, “the old harper,”
parents of Mignon. - S
PERATA, their sister.