# Lady Margaret — Short Fiction character guide

> Lady Margaret in Short Fiction by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Margaret

**First appearance:** 0033-an-authentic-narrative-of-a-haunted-house

## Who they are

A noblewoman who tells a story.

## In the story

### [Passage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/passage-in-the-secret-history-of-an-irish-countess)

Narrator and protagonist; recounts her childhood, her uncle's pressure to marry, and her narrow escape from murder.

### [The Magician Earl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_31_se/chapters/the-magician-earl)

The Earl's young and beautiful bride whose imperious caprice led to the fatal experiment and subsequent enchantment.

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