# A Doll's House — Character guide

> Key figures in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen.

- [Nora Helmer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/nora_helmer.md): A humming, macaroon-nibbling wife who spends freely and hides a secret that could shatter her comfortable home.
- [Torvald Helmer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/torvald_helmer.md): A bank manager who calls his wife his little lark and squirrel, and preaches that no home built on debt can be free or beautiful.
- [Mrs. Linde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/mrs_linde.md): A widowed friend arriving at the Helmers' door, practical and worn, needing work and carrying an old attachment.
- [Doctor Rank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/doctor_rank.md): The family's trusted physician, a frequent visitor whose fatal illness shadows his devotion to Nora.
- [Nils Krogstad](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/nils_krogstad.md): A disgraced bank employee whose past and present give him a hold over Nora's hidden affairs.
- [Anne-Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/anne_marie.md): The nursemaid who raised Nora and now cares for her children.
- [Helen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_doll_s_house_se/characters/helen.md): The Helmers' maid who serves guests and delivers messages.

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