# Indian Summer — Character guide

> Key figures in Indian Summer by William Dean Howells.

- [Mrs. Bowen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/mrs_bowen.md): Mrs. Bowen presides over a household of silks, subdued smiles, and careful omissions, raising her daughter Effie in Florence while managing the delicate society of visiting Americans. She and Colville share a buried hist
- [Mr. Colville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/colville.md): Colville arrives in Florence a bachelor of rueful humor and unspent feeling, drifting into Mrs. Bowen's circle and the flattering attention of younger women. He is acutely self-aware about his age, his looks, and the abs
- [Imogene Graham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/imogene_graham.md): Imogene throws herself into books, self-improvement, and moral seriousness with a convert's ardor, seeking a model for who she ought to become. Her admiration for Colville's kindness and her susceptibility to Mr. Morton'
- [Effie Bowen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/effie_bowen.md): Effie moves through Palazzo Pinti with the easy authority of a child who knows she is loved, claiming Colville's hand, arranging herself between her mother and the guests, and reporting on daisies and violets with disarm
- [Rev. Mr. Waters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/rev_mr_waters.md): Mr. Waters treats his Italian exile as a long-delayed education, wandering among churches and ruins while cheerfully philosophizing that a man at forty is still in his richest season, provided he is married. His gentle p
- [Mr. Morton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/mr_morton.md): Mr. Morton arrives in the Florentine circle with a program of serious reading and moral improvement, gathering flowers at the Cascine and recommending earnest authors to an impressionable Imogene. His presence sharpens C
- [Miss Graham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/miss_graham.md): Miss Graham moves through the salon as a youthful beauty whose generous amplitude of womanhood and charmingly irregular smile disarm Colville the moment he stops seeing her as a distant goddess. She is guileless and eage
- [Mrs. Amsden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/mrs_amsden.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or acquaintance in the Florentine community.
- [Lina Ridgely](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/lina_ridgely.md): A young woman in the social circle, possibly a friend or rival.
- [Madame Uccelli](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/madame_uccelli.md): An Italian or expatriate woman, likely a hostess or local figure.
- [Maria Colville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/maria_colville.md): A relative or associate of Mr. Colville, possibly his wife or sister.
- [Ugo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/ugo.md): A minor Italian character, possibly a servant.
- [Giovanni Gualberto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/giovanni_gualberto.md): A historical or local figure referenced in the narrative.
- [Inglehart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_summer_se/characters/inglehart.md): A minor character, possibly an artist or traveler.

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