# Thekla — Of Human Bondage character guide

> Thekla in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fräulein Thekla

**First appearance:** 0034-xxxv

## Who they are

A German girl at Frau Erlin's pension.

## In the story

### [Heidelberg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxii)

Elder daughter of Frau Professor Erlin, short with a pretty face and dark hair.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xxiii)

The professor's elder daughter, engaged to an Englishman whose father disapproves, causing her frequent tears.

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