# Candida — Character guide

> Key figures in Candida by George Bernard Shaw.

- [James Mavor Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/james_mavor_morell.md): Morell presides over St. Dominic's Parsonage as preacher, husband, and local celebrity, so assured of his own eloquence that he forgets to ask what the collection raised. His confidence curdles into something more fragil
- [Eugene Marchbanks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/eugene_marchbanks.md): Sheltered by Morell out of Christian charity, Eugene treats the parsonage as a stage for his ecstasies, sprawling at Candida's feet and confessing that doing wrong makes him happy. He is half child, half rival—genuinely 
- [Candida Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/candida_morell.md): Candida manages children, servants, and her husband's ego with the same practical economy, noticing that Morell spoke so well he forgot to count the collection. She refuses Eugene's poses while honoring whatever is real 
- [Proserpine Garnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/proserpine_garnett.md): Prossy keeps the parson's pamphlets, letters, and schedule in order from her little table by the window, her loyalty to Morell edged with a private, unspoken feeling. Her brisk manner and occasional sarcasm guard a posit
- [Alexander Mill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/alexander_mill.md): Lexy Mill belongs to the parsonage's working world of meetings, collections, and Christian Socialist enthusiasm, taking his cues from Morell with the devotion of a junior disciple. His naivety and eagerness make him a us
- [Mr. Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/mr_burgess.md): Burgess arrives at the parsonage as family and as a reminder of the commercial London that Morell's sermons denounce, cheerfully unbothered by the contradiction. His coarser instincts and good-natured pragmatism expose t
- [Maria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/maria.md): The Morells' maid, appears briefly in household scenes.

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