# June Moon — Character guide

> Key figures in June Moon by Ring Lardner.

- [Fred Stevens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/fred_stevens.md): A restless Schenectady dreamer who quit the GE for Tin Pan Alley, Fred boards the train to New York with a head full of songs and no idea what they cost.
- [Maxie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/maxie.md): Fred's piano-playing pal, a wisecracking realist who has heard every melody and every excuse, and trusts neither the tunes nor the men who sell them.
- [Edna Baker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/edna_baker.md): A Hudson girl with a magazine and a guarded smile, Edna lets Fred talk on the train but keeps her own plans, and another man, quietly to herself.
- [Paul Sears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/paul_sears.md): A wealthy older man with an easy manner and a taste for other people's prospects, Paul offers Fred a hand that may be reaching for something else.
- [Lucille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/lucille.md): Glamorous, calculating, and used to being wanted, Lucille drifts between Paul's money and Fred's music, leaving both men unsure what she actually wants.
- [Mr. Stevens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/mr_stevens.md): Mr. Stevens belongs to the world of offices and paychecks that Fred has walked away from, and his skepticism shadows his son's gamble on Tin Pan Alley. The friction between them is generational and temperamental: a fathe
- [Goldie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/goldie.md): Goldie keeps the office running while the men around her chase hits, fielding calls, hunting down Fred, and absorbing Benny's endless pitches. Her loyalty is real but her patience is thin, and she loves her work even whe
- [Benny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/benny.md): Benny works the piano and the room with equal desperation, pitching novelty tunes like "Give Our Child a Name" to anyone who will listen. He resents Fred's sudden hit "June Moon," which he considers a fluke, and his envy
- [Hart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/june_moon_se/characters/hart.md): Hart runs the office where Fred's career takes shape, juggling talent, favors, and the endless stream of hopefuls sent his way. He knows that "June Moon" was a fluke and says so, gently needling Fred to keep producing ra

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