# Mr. Britling Sees It Through — Character guide

> Key figures in Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells.

- [Mr. Britling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mr_britling.md): Britling presides over Matching's Easy as a genial, talkative man of letters, hosting visitors and conducting energetic arguments about the state of the world. When his son Hugh goes to the front, the abstract debate bec
- [Mr. Direck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mr_direck.md): Direck arrives at Matching's Easy expecting a pleasant holiday and instead finds himself in a household electrified by the war and by Cecily's patriotic reproaches. He refuses to be bullied into a falsehood about his cou
- [Hugh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/hugh.md): Hugh leaves Matching's Easy for the trenches with a stiff upper lip and a sense that the world has turned right over, exchanging few words with a father equally unable to say what he means. His letters home are wry, clea
- [Teddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/teddy.md): Teddy is part of the younger generation around Matching's Easy whose going to war makes Cecily's reproaches to Direck so sharp and personal. His captivity and eventual death register the war's cost in the most intimate t
- [Mrs. Britling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mrs_britling.md): Mrs. Britling manages the house, the meals, and the small daily decencies that keep family life going even as the war intrudes on everything. She shares her husband's grief over Hugh but carries it with a reticence that 
- [Letty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/letty.md): Letty belongs to the circle of young people whose lives the war scatters and rearranges, and the affectionate diminutives used of her suggest how much the family cherishes her. She is caught up in the same currents of en
- [Herr Heinrich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/heinrich.md): Heinrich is the young German who lodged with the Britlings before the war, a horse-dealer's son with a violin and an absurdly pampered squirrel on his shoulder. Once fighting begins he writes cheerful postcards from Holl
- [Miss Corner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/miss_corner.md): Cecily moves through the Britling circle as the girl the young men orbit, courted by Teddy and adored by Hugh, yet never merely a prize. When Mr. Direck declares he is fighting chiefly for Cissie, she stands beside him t
- [Mrs. Harrowdean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mrs_harrowdean.md): A neighbor or acquaintance of the Britlings, involved in local social life.
- [Mr. Van der Pant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/van_der_pant.md): A Dutch visitor or acquaintance, part of the intellectual circle.
- [Edith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/edith.md): A servant or family member in the Britling household.
- [Lady Frensham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/lady_frensham.md): A local aristocrat and political figure, part of the social backdrop.
- [Aunt Wilshire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/aunt_wilshire.md): An elderly relative of the Britling family, living with them.
- [Mr. Lawrence Carmine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mr_lawrence_carmine.md): A military officer and acquaintance of the Britlings.
- [Private Ortheris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/private_ortheris.md): A soldier, possibly a minor character in the war sections.
- [Miss Mamie Nelson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/miss_mamie_nelson.md): A young woman, possibly a love interest or acquaintance.
- [Oliver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/oliver.md): A young boy, possibly a son or relative of the Britlings.
- [Lady Homartyn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/lady_homartyn.md): A social acquaintance, part of the upper-class circle.
- [Colonel Rendezvous](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/colonel_rendezvous.md): A military officer, possibly a comic or minor figure.
- [Mrs. Faber](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mrs_faber.md): A local resident, possibly a neighbor.
- [Manning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/manning.md): An older man, possibly a friend or colleague of Mr. Britling.
- [Madame Van der Pant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/madame_van_der_pant.md): The wife of Mr. Van der Pant, a Dutch visitor.
- [Mr. Hickson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mr_hickson.md): A local grocer and acquaintance of the Britlings.
- [Maud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/maud.md): A young woman, possibly a daughter of Mr. Hickson.
- [Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mary.md): A servant or family member in the household.
- [Park](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/park.md): A servant or groundskeeper at the Britling estate.
- [Adam Meyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/adam_meyer.md): A German or Jewish character, possibly a businessman.
- [Professor Cardinal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/professor_cardinal.md): An intellectual figure, possibly a friend of Mr. Britling.
- [Lord Kitchener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/lord_kitchener.md): A historical British military leader mentioned in the war.
- [Mr. Dimple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/mr_dimple.md): A minor character, possibly a tradesman or neighbor.
- [Kurt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/kurt.md): A German soldier or acquaintance, possibly a friend of Heinrich.
- [Karl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mr_britling_sees_it_through_se/characters/karl.md): A German soldier or acquaintance, possibly a friend of Heinrich.

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