# Moving the Mountain — Character guide

> Key figures in Moving the Mountain by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

- [Nellie Robertson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/nellie_robertson.md): The brisk, unflappable sister who finds her long-lost brother on a Tibetan plateau and must gently re-teach him the world he left behind.
- [Owen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/owen.md): A figure in the transformed world Nellie navigates, whose presence and choices test the boundaries of the new social order.
- [Brother John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/brother_john.md): A philologist who wakes after thirty lost years to a topsy-turvy America, clinging to old ideals while his sister insists human nature itself has changed.
- [Jerrold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/jerrold_hallie.md): A young member of the next generation whose life and loves embody the startling new freedoms and arrangements of the remade world.
- [Uncle Jake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/uncle_jake.md): A stubborn old farmer who, with Aunt Dorcas, still ploughs and cooks on his mountain farm exactly as before, a living museum piece.
- [Aunt Dorcas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/aunt_dorcas.md): Aunt Dorcas belongs to the stubborn remnant Nellie describes as living fossils: she and Uncle Jake have not moved an inch, and visitors trek up to their little farm as if viewing the Pyramids. Her fixed habits and cheerf
- [Cousin Drusilla](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/cousin_drusilla.md): Drusilla moves through the family scenes as one of the flock of young cousins who have replaced John's vanished generation, her nickname alone signaling warmth and light. Where John stumbles over reversed ideals and stra
- [Mr. Robertson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/mr_robertson.md): As the elder figure of the Robertson family, he presides over the domestic order into which Nellie brings her reawakened brother, and his approval or bafflement shapes how John is received. His stake lies in the family's
- [Mrs. Talbot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/mrs_talbot.md): Recurring character, possibly a neighbor or friend of the family.
- [Frank](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/frank.md): Character with limited but notable presence, possibly a tragic figure.
- [Frank Borderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/frank_borderson.md): Character with a distinct name, possibly related to the Borderson family.
- [Dr. Harkness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/dr_harkness.md): Doctor character, likely appears in medical or consultation scenes.
- [Mr. Pike](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/mr_pike.md): Character with a recurring but limited role.
- [Dr. Borderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/dr_borderson.md): Doctor character, possibly related to Frank Borderson.
- [Mrs. Allerton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/mrs_allerton.md): Character with a named but limited appearance.
- [Cousin John](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moving_the_mountain_se/characters/cousin_john.md): Cousin of the protagonist, distinct from Brother John.

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