# Mrs. Warren’s Profession — Character guide

> Key figures in Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw.

- [Vivie Warren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/vivie_warren.md): Vivie arrives at the rectory garden as a brisk, unsentimental young woman who has built her identity on mathematics, ledgers, and independence rather than charm or romance. Her growing tenderness toward her mother collid
- [Mrs. Warren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/mrs_warren.md): Mrs. Warren sweeps into the rectory garden as a wealthy, self-made woman whose ease with Sir George Crofts and discomfort with Vivie's respect unsettle the respectable company. She loves her daughter fiercely but cannot 
- [Sir George Crofts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/sir_george_crofts.md): Crofts lounges through the rectory visit with the heavy boredom of a man who has bought his way out of every inconvenience, including his partnership with Mrs. Warren. He pursues Vivie with a mixture of entitlement and c
- [Mr. Praed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/praed.md): Praed wanders the heath with Vivie and speaks of beauty, art, and the 'gospel' of self-realization, offering her a gentler philosophy than her mother's pragmatism or Frank's cynicism. His genuine fondness for both Mrs. W
- [Frank Gardner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/frank_gardner.md): Frank drifts through the rectory and Vivie's Chancery Lane office with a schoolboy's insolence and a gambler's instinct for other people's secrets. He claims a 'freemasonry among thoroughly immoral people' that lets him 
- [Rev. Samuel Gardner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/rev_samuel_gardner.md): Rev. Samuel Gardner presides over the rectory garden with fussy hospitality and a clergyman's sore throat, buying his sermons and fretting about Mr. Praed's social position. His panic at the Warrens' arrival, and his hel
- [Liz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/liz.md): Mrs. Warren's former colleague and friend, now a successful brothel owner.
- [Mr. Redford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/mr_redford.md): A servant or porter at the Warrens' country cottage.
- [Honoria Fraser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/honoria_fraser.md): A friend of Vivie's from Cambridge, mentioned in conversation.
- [Wegg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/wegg.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or local tradesman.
- [Mr. Grein](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/mr_grein.md): A critic or acquaintance mentioned in the author's apology.
- [Tolstoy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/tolstoy.md): Referenced as a literary figure in the author's apology.
- [The Warrens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_warren_s_profession_se/characters/the_warrens.md): Collective reference to the Warren family, not an individual.

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