# Pointed Roofs — Character guide

> Key figures in Pointed Roofs by Dorothy M. Richardson.

- [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/miriam.md): Miriam arrives at Fräulein Pfaff's school already grieving the school she has left, the place where teachers asked girls what they wanted to do with their lives and she answered, with sudden conviction, that she would wr
- [Fräulein Pfaff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/fraulein_pfaff.md): Fräulein Pfaff governs the pension through gentle decisive pronouncements, praising sponge bags at breakfast and directing the reading of German poetry with a voice that seems to whisper piously in a corner. Her fascinat
- [Mademoiselle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/mademoiselle.md): Mademoiselle trails the English girls along the boulevard, protesting in French that she does not make the advances, and her instant response to Miriam's careless cry about Pastor Lahmann leaves Miriam blushing to her so
- [Minna Blum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/minna_blum.md): Minna sits opposite Miriam at table, responding to the louder remarks with delighted exclamations and drawing her chair near when Fräulein Pfaff hands round the Schiller. She is one of the serene German girls who already
- [Gertrude Goldring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/gertrude_goldring.md): Gertrude is part of the English party at Fräulein Pfaff's, one of the girls whose names Fräulein calls out at breakfast alongside Miriam's own. She moves through the pension's routines of baths, walks, and lessons, a fam
- [Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/eve.md): Miriam's younger sister, who visits or is mentioned in letters.
- [Millie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/millie.md): Another of Miriam's younger sisters.
- [Emma Bergmann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/emma_bergmann.md): Emma sits close at Miriam's side at table, and Miriam likes to take food handed by her warm plump presence. She is one of the German girls who already own complete house linen and can cook, placid and unafraid of the fut
- [Harriett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/harriett.md): Miriam's older sister, who writes to her.
- [Pastor Lahmann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/pastor_lahmann.md): A local pastor who interacts with the school.
- [Ulrica Hesse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/ulrica_hesse.md): A German pupil at the school.
- [Jimmie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/jimmie.md): Miriam's brother, mentioned in her thoughts and letters.
- [Clara Bergmann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/clara_bergmann.md): A German pupil, sister of Emma Bergmann.
- [Judy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/judy.md): A friend or acquaintance of Miriam's from England.
- [Bertha Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/bertha_martin.md): A pupil at the school, part of the Martin family.
- [Elsa Speier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/elsa_speier.md): A German pupil at the school.
- [Miss Henderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/miss_henderson.md): A teacher at the school, possibly Miriam's predecessor.
- [Hendy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pointed_roofs_se/characters/hendy.md): A nickname for a family member or friend.

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