# Mary, Mary — Character guide

> Key figures in Mary, Mary by James Stephens.

- [Mary Makebelieve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/mary_makebelieve.md): Mary Makebelieve drifts through Dublin's streets and tenements, hungry for romance and half-convinced that any passing stranger might be the husband fate has waiting. When a young man's questions turn to her mother's bus
- [Mrs. Makebelieve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/mrs_makebelieve.md): Mrs. Makebelieve scrubs Dublin's floors for a living and pours her unspent romance into her daughter, feeding the girl's dreams even as her own body begins to refuse the work. When Mary asks whether a man ever struck her
- [Mrs. Cafferty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/mrs_cafferty.md): Mrs. Cafferty is a decent woman whose generosity is hemmed in by six mouths and an unemployed husband, so her lodger never quite gets enough to eat. Mrs. Makebelieve, divining the lean pot next door, contrives to feed th
- [The Young Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/the_young_man.md): The young man lodges with Mrs. Cafferty, works in a retail establishment, and talks with fluent, boyish certainty about his chief, his friends, and his enemies. He questions Mary about her family and her religion, and wh
- [The Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/the_man.md): An enigmatic figure who interacts with Mary and others.
- [Patrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/patrick.md): A male acquaintance or relative of the Makebelieve family.
- [Mrs. O'Connor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/mrs_oconnor.md): A local woman who appears in the community scenes.
- [Mr. Cafferty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/mr_cafferty.md): Husband of Mrs. Cafferty, a minor character in the neighborhood.
- [Norah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/norah.md): A friend or servant mentioned in passing.
- [Patrick Joseph Brady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mary_mary_se/characters/patrick_joseph_brady.md): A named individual with brief mention in the narrative.

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