# Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — Character guide

> Key figures in Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft.

- [Mary Wollstonecraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/mary_wollstonecraft.md): Mary is the letter-writer: a woman of formidable intellect and raw feeling, journeying through Sweden, Norway, and Denmark while sorrow and care press hard on her. She chafes against confinement and despotism, whether in
- [Count Bernstorff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/count_bernstorff.md): Count Bernstorff belongs to the world of Danish governance that frames Mary's travels, a figure whose reputation for benevolence contrasts with the small-minded fraudulence she meets in western towns. He represents the p
- [Marguerite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/marguerite.md): A timid but adventurous young woman encountered during the narrator's travels.
- [Frances Blood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/frances_blood.md): Fanny is the absent intimate to whom Mary's heart keeps returning, invoked as 'my good friend' even amid observations of Swedish manners and peasant sincerity. Her death haunts the letters, sharpening Mary's hunger for h
- [Matilda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/matilda.md): A tragic figure whose story of imprisonment and sorrow is recounted by the narrator.
- [Gilbert Imlay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/gilbert_imlay.md): Imlay is the 'you' of the letters, the man for whom Mary undertakes this Scandinavian voyage and to whom she confesses exhaustion, sorrow, and hope. He is both business partner and former lover, and the strain between th
- [Edward John Wollstonecraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/edward_john_wollstonecraft.md): The narrator's brother, mentioned in connection with family matters.
- [Madame la Fayette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/madame_la_fayette.md): A French noblewoman referenced for her character and historical significance.
- [Mr. Anker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/mr_anker.md): A Norwegian official who assists the narrator during her stay.
- [Young](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_written_during_a_short_residence_in_swed_se/characters/young.md): A poet or author referenced in the narrator's reflections.

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