Alfred Yule

Marian Yule

Alfred is Marian's domineering and bitter father, who exploits her labor as his literary assistant while resenting her independence.

Jasper Milvain

Alfred despises Jasper's shallow, commercial approach to writing, seeing him as a threat to serious literature and to his own daughter's future.

Amy Reardon

Alfred and Amy have a strained social relationship, marked by mutual suspicion and Alfred's disapproval of her abandonment of Edwin.

Edwin Reardon

Alfred and Edwin share a professional connection as fellow writers, but Alfred's bitterness and Edwin's failure create an uneasy dynamic.

John Yule

Alfred and John are brothers, but their relationship is marked by jealousy and resentment over differing fortunes and literary success.

Marian Yule

Alfred is Marian's domineering and bitter father, who exploits her labor as his literary assistant while resenting her independence.

Jasper Milvain

Alfred despises Jasper's shallow, commercial approach to writing, seeing him as a threat to serious literature and to his own daughter's future.

Amy Reardon

Alfred and Amy have a strained social relationship, marked by mutual suspicion and Alfred's disapproval of her abandonment of Edwin.

Jasper Milvain

Alfred despises Jasper's shallow, commercial approach to writing, seeing him as a threat to serious literature and to his own daughter's future.

Amy Reardon

Alfred and Amy have a strained social relationship, marked by mutual suspicion and Alfred's disapproval of her abandonment of Edwin.

Edwin Reardon

Alfred and Edwin share a professional connection as fellow writers, but Alfred's bitterness and Edwin's failure create an uneasy dynamic.

Marian Yule

Alfred is Marian's domineering and bitter father, who exploits her labor as his literary assistant while resenting her independence.

The House of Yule

Alfred Yule is the father of Marian, a literary man who takes grim pleasure in the scandal involving Fadge and The Study.

Holiday

Marian's father, who is away when Jasper visits to say goodbye. Jasper fears meeting him at the station.

The Practical Friend

Mentioned as staying at John Yule's estate with his daughter Marian.

Marian's Home

Marian's father, a critical writer who returns home in a bad mood and later discusses Jasper with his wife.

To the Winning Side

Discusses Jasper with his wife, disapproves of the connection due to Jasper's alliance with Fadge.

A Warning

Furious over the review of his book, spitefully accuses Jasper Milvain of writing it, and treats Marian coldly.

Recruits

Mentioned as the subject of a rumor that Jasper wrote a hostile review of his book; Marian's father.

Mr. Yule Leaves Town

Enraged by Mrs. Goby's visit and his wife's family connections; leaves home for five days, returning with a grave demeanor.

A Proposed Investment

Displays unusual mildness after his disappointment; proposes to Marian that she invest her inheritance in a literary review he would edit.

XXIX: Catastrophe

Praises Marian's work, proposes a review titled 'Letters'; reacts with fury upon learning of her engagement to Jasper Milvain; leaves the house in despair, experiencing failing eyesight.

XXX: Waiting on Destiny

Reveals he is going blind and speaks of despair, affecting the household.

XXXVII: Rewards

Undergoes a failed cataract operation, becomes totally blind, and falls into debility and premature old age; dies in the country, blind and fallen on evil days.