# John Sandal — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> John Sandal in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sandal, Captain Sandal

**First appearance:** 0007-vi

## Who they are

A young officer and love interest of Elinor, later lost at sea.

## In the story

### [Elinor's Spiritual and Emotional Struggle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxx)

John Sandal is the object of Elinor's love; his growing attachment to Margaret is a source of Elinor's suffering.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxi)

Marries Margaret; shows tender officiousness toward Elinor but his affection is now only for nature, not for her.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxii)

Margaret's husband, driven to madness by her death, now cared for by Elinor.

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