# Pollyanna — Character guide

> Key figures in Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter.

- [Pollyanna Whittier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/pollyanna_whittier.md): Pollyanna enters Beldingsville as a charity case, outfitted by missionary barrels and handed off to an aunt who took her in from duty, not love. Her father taught her to hunt for gladness in every hardship, and she pract
- [Aunt Polly Harrington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/aunt_polly_harrington.md): Miss Polly Harrington runs her household on schedule and self-control, granting her niece a room and a wardrobe but withholding warmth. Her stiffness masks old wounds, particularly around Dr. Chilton and the sister who m
- [Nancy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/nancy.md): Nancy works below stairs for a mistress she finds chilly and exacting, and she misses her mother and siblings with an ache she talks about freely. She is the first person in the house to treat Pollyanna as a person rathe
- [John Pendleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/john_pendleton.md): John Pendleton is the town's richest and least sociable man, known for miserliness and a tongue sharp enough to keep visitors away. He once loved Pollyanna's mother, lost her to another man, and has been nursing the disa
- [Jimmy Bean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/jimmy_bean.md): Jimmy Bean has no home, no parents, and a habit of announcing to anyone who will listen that he is looking for a place to belong. He meets Pollyanna on the road and becomes her project, a boy whose need for a family mirr
- [Dr. Thomas Chilton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/dr_chilton.md): Dr. Chilton is a broad-shouldered, gentle-mannered doctor who lives in rented rooms rather than a home, a fact Pollyanna seizes on and questions him about. He and Aunt Polly share a past that neither will discuss, and Mi
- [Mrs. Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/mrs_snow.md): Mrs. Snow belongs to the small circle of shut-ins Pollyanna is sent to cheer, a woman whose invalid's routine has hardened into complaint and whose sharpness tests even her caretakers' patience. Her resistance to Pollyan
- [Old Tom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/old_tom.md): The elderly gardener at the Harrington estate who welcomes Pollyanna.
- [Timothy Durgin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/timothy_durgin.md): A young man who works for John Pendleton and helps with errands.
- [Milly Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/milly_snow.md): Mrs. Snow's daughter who cares for her mother.
- [Rev. Paul Ford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/rev_paul_ford.md): The local minister who interacts with Pollyanna and the community.
- [Dr. Warren](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/dr_warren.md): A specialist called in to consult on Pollyanna's condition after her accident.
- [Miss Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/miss_hunt.md): A member of the Ladies' Aid Society.
- [Jennie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/jennie.md): Pollyanna's deceased mother, mentioned in memories.
- [Lady Maud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pollyanna_se/characters/lady_maud.md): A mysterious woman mentioned in Pendleton's past.

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