# Ruster — Short Fiction character guide

> Ruster in Short Fiction by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Ruster, Little Ruster, So little Ruster

**First appearance:** 0023-among-the-climbing-roses

## Who they are

A small or young character, possibly a child or animal.

## In the story

### [A Christmas Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/a-christmas-guest)

Little Ruster, a poor music copyist and flutist, is a drunkard shunned by others. He is turned away from every house on Christmas Eve but is finally welcomed back at Löfdala by Liljekrona's wife.

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