# Zulora — Erewhon character guide

> Zulora in Erewhon by Samuel Butler.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0021-xvii-ydgrun-and-the-ydgrunites

## Who they are

The eldest unmarried daughter of the Nosnibors, a devotee of Ydgrun determined to claim the narrator as her rightful husband.

## Relationships

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/characters/narrator)

_romantic_

Zulora is the narrator's initial love interest, but their relationship is complicated by her eventual rejection and his later marriage to Arowhena.

### [Arowhena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/characters/arowhena)

_family_

Arowhena and Zulora are sisters, with Zulora being the elder and initially the object of the narrator's affection.

### [Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/characters/narrator)

_romantic_

Zulora is the narrator's initial love interest, but their relationship is complicated by her eventual rejection and his later marriage to Arowhena.

## In the story

### [XIV: Mahaina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xiv-mahaina)

Elder daughter of the Nosnibors; she is skeptical of Mahaina's claims and suggests her condition is a pretense to avoid calisthenics.

### [The Musical Banks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xv-the-musical-banks)

One of the Nosnibor daughters who goes to the bank with her mother and sister.

### [XVI: Arowhena](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xvi-arowhena)

The eldest daughter, handsome but disliked by the narrator; expected to marry him due to custom.

### [The Colleges of Unreason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxi-the-colleges-of-unreason)

Mentioned as the Nosnibors' hope that the narrator would fall in love with her.

### [Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/erewhon_se/chapters/xxviii-escape)

Mentioned as someone Arowhena must appear cheerful around to avoid suspicion.

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