# A Tangled Tale — Character guide

> Key figures in A Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll.

- [Clara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/clara.md): Clara arrives in London expecting a town where everyone knows everyone, and her innocent misreadings of strangers' pity make her both comic and touching. When her aunt's riddling arithmetic traps her alongside Hugh and t
- [Balbus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/balbus.md): Balbus has been the inseparable companion of Hugh and Lambert since childhood, named after the hero of their Latin exercise-book and trusted absolutely. He rescues floundering conversations, presides over dinner with pro
- [Hugh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/hugh.md): Hugh bounds from crag to crag with the agility of a fawn, chattering statistics he barely understands and teasing his grave elder companion. When a simple question about distance plunges him into an abyss of calculation,
- [The Captain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/the-captain.md): The Captain paces his deck in never-ending parade, towering over idle passengers and explaining, with lofty condescension, the curious customs of the islands he visits. He takes quiet pride in his ship, his precision, an
- [Dinah Mite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/dinah-mite.md): Dinah Mite moves through the story's drawing rooms and chance meetings, her aliases hinting at a life lived under more than one name. She belongs to the world of London galleries and whispered asides where Clara loses he
- [Norman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/norman.md): Norman walks beside his anxious father through a land of chained peacocks and talk of beating, answering fearful whispers with gentle, indifferent-sounding questions. When his father clutches his shoulder in sudden panic
- [Lambert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/lambert.md): Lambert has just come in from a walk with his brothers and their old tutor, and he is the one who answers Hugh's riddles with unshakable confidence — 'Always,' he says, when Balbus counsels 'Sometimes.' That blunt certai
- [Mad Mathesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/mad-mathesis.md): Mad Mathesis drags Clara through galleries and cabs, converting Chelsea buns, veterans' limbs, and picture-hanging into arithmetic ambushes she always wins. Where Clara feels and sighs, her aunt calculates, briskly overr
- [Mimi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/mimi.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is involved in the puzzles.
- [Algernon Bray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/algernon-bray.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the action.
- [Jane E.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/jane-e.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is part of the puzzles.
- [Old King Cole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/old-king-cole.md): A character referenced in the story, possibly as a puzzle participant.
- [Lieutenant Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/lieutenant-brown.md): A military officer who appears in the story.
- [Tympanum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/tympanum.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is involved in the puzzles.
- [Star](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/star.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the action.
- [Matthew Matticks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/matthew-matticks.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is part of the puzzles.
- [Lolo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/lolo.md): A character who appears in the story and is involved in the events.
- [Zuzu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/zuzu.md): A character who appears in the narrative and participates in the puzzles.
- [Vis Inertiæ](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/vis-inertiae.md): A character who appears in the story and is part of the mathematical discussions.
- [Bradshaw of the Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/bradshaw-of-the-future.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the puzzles.
- [Simple Susan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/simple-susan.md): A character who appears in the narrative and participates in the action.
- [Hecla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/hecla.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is involved in the events.
- [Vindex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/vindex.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the puzzles.
- [Scrutator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/scrutator.md): A character who appears in the narrative and participates in the events.
- [Nolens Volens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/nolens-volens.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is involved in the action.
- [Delta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/delta.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the puzzles.
- [Kgovjni](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/kgovjni.md): A character who appears in the narrative and is part of the events.
- [Mrs. Sairey Gamp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/mrs-sairey-gamp.md): A character who appears in the story and is involved in the puzzles.
- [Galanthus Nivalis Major](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_tangled_tale_se/characters/galanthus-nivalis-major.md): A character who appears in the story and participates in the puzzles.

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