# Memoirs of a Midget — Character guide

> Key figures in Memoirs of a Midget by Walter de la Mare.

- [Unknown (Narrator)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/narrator.md): She moves through the world as a curiosity others claim to cherish, yet her sharpest hunger is not to be loved but to find someone capable of making her love in return. Her wit defends her from the clumsiness of friends 
- [Mrs. Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_bowater.md): Practical, gloomy-proud, and quietly generous, she takes the tiny stranger in when the world offers only stares, and her grudging admission that her husband's astronomy book is accurate becomes the doorway to the narrato
- [Fanny Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/fanny_bowater.md): Slim as a mast and already gilded with Mrs. Monnerie's worldly polish, Fanny treats the narrator as confidante, rival, and audience by turns, dispensing fables and small cruelties with the same light hand. Her careless p
- [Mr. Crimble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_crimble.md): Small-handed and large-eyed, he pours his bewilderment into the narrator's unwilling ear, unable to bear the thought of Fanny and others, unable to speak to her mother, unable to let her go. His helplessness is both touc
- [Lord B.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/lord_b.md): He exists at the edge of the narrator's new life as a name that opens doors and a presence that must be reckoned with, his world of Monk's House and Croomham drawing her further from the Bowaters. The summons sent in Mrs
- [Mrs. Monnerie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_monnerie.md): She speaks of the narrator as a 'toadlet' and a 'feast of mercies' in the same breath, parading her through palisaded gardens while her nephew Percy yawns and her dog Cherry sneers. Her drowsy vigilance and long-handled 
- [Mr. Bowater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_bowater.md): Mr. Bowater hovers over Mrs. Bowater's little household as a memory she invokes with gloomy pride — a man whose looks promised more than his life delivered. His old volume of star charts, pulled dusty from the shelf, bec
- [Pollie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/pollie.md): A servant or working-class woman known to the Bowater household.
- [Adam Waggett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/adam_waggett.md): Adam Waggett squeezes into Mrs. Monnerie's library like a startled Guy Fawkes, all button eyes and strangulated laughter at the sight of a face from Stonecote. His doltish affection and total inability to dissemble make 
- [Susan Monnerie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/susan_monnerie.md): A younger relative or acquaintance of Mrs. Monnerie.
- [Miss M.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/miss_m.md): Miss M. moves between Mrs. Bowater's quiet house and the glitter of grand invitations, studying the passions of others with a mistress's eye while her own life waits. She intercepts letters, weighs Mr. Crimble's hopes ag
- [Lady Pollacke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/lady_pollacke.md): A titled older woman, possibly a relative of Sir Walter.
- [Midgetina](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/midgetina.md): A pet name or alter ego for the narrator.
- [Mr. Anon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_anon.md): A pseudonymous or mysterious male correspondent.
- [Dr. Phelps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/dr_phelps.md): A physician consulted by the characters.
- [Miss Fenne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/miss_fenne.md): A woman of some misfortune mentioned in the story.
- [Sir Walter Pollacke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/sir_walter_pollacke.md): Sir Walter Pollacke belongs to the great house whose carriage and bonnets frame the narrator's first ventures into society, a world where Lady Pollacke's cordiality carries an edge of appraisal. His presence shadows the 
- [Miss M. Percy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/miss_m_percy.md): A young woman possibly related to the Percy family.
- [Mrs. Petrie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_petrie.md): A married woman of the local society.
- [Mr. Ambrose Pellew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_ambrose_pellew.md): A gentleman with a role in the later plot.
- [Fleming](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/fleming.md): A character who suffers some hardship.
- [Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/rose.md): A young woman or child in the narrative.
- [Henry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/henry.md): A male character, possibly a servant or relative.
- [Mrs. Ballard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_ballard.md): A woman who appears in the social circle.
- [Lord Chiltern](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/lord_chiltern.md): A nobleman mentioned in passing.
- [Marvell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/marvell.md): A man with a possible romantic interest.
- [Mrs. Percy Maudlen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_percy_maudlen.md): A married woman of the Percy family.
- [Signorina Donna Angélique](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/signorina_donna_angelique.md): An Italian or French performer or visitor.
- [Midget Lyndsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/midget_lyndsey.md): Another small person, possibly a rival or friend.
- [Mr. Wagginhorne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mr_wagginhorne.md): An older gentleman of the area.
- [Mother Grundy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mother_grundy.md): A personification of conventional propriety.
- [Mrs. Marvell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_midget_se/characters/mrs_marvell.md): The wife or mother of Mr. Marvell.

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