# The Adventures of Sally — Character guide

> Key figures in The Adventures of Sally by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [Sally Nicholas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/sally_nicholas.md): Sally Nicholas is the warm, impulsive center of her circle, forever taking in strays and poking at other people's problems with a cheerful lack of tact. Her engagement to the proud, unsuccessful playwright Gerald Foster 
- [Ginger Kemp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/ginger_kemp.md): Ginger Kemp is the kind of amiable disaster who wins a fortune at the Roville roulette table and loses it just as casually, a man whose good intentions outrun his judgment. His devotion to Sally is total and unspoken, ex
- [Fillmore Nicholas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/fillmore_nicholas.md): Fillmore Nicholas has been transformed by an inheritance into a self-important figure in evening dress, condescending to the boardinghouse friends who once lent him money. His engagement to the actress Gladys Winch softe
- [Gerald Foster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/gerald_foster.md): Gerald Foster is the man Sally has quietly promised to marry, a dynamic-looking young writer whose career hangs on a single production threatened by a flu scare. He insists their engagement stay hidden, a furtiveness Sal
- [Bruce Carmyle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/bruce_carmyle.md): Bruce Carmyle is the wealthy, correct suitor whose engagement to Sally represents security and social standing rather than warmth. His dignity is perpetually wounded by the raffish company she keeps, and his snorting dis
- [Mr. Maxwell Faucitt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_maxwell_faucitt.md): Mr. Maxwell Faucitt is the genial old Englishman who presides over the boardinghouse's festive occasions, rising to propose toasts with elaborate, self-amused oratory. He is a confidant and gentle observer, the one who t
- [Gladys Winch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/gladys_winch.md): Gladys Winch is the actress Fillmore cannot stop raving about after catching her brief turn as a maid in a Broadway tryout, and she is also, to Sally's amused surprise, the woman he has secretly become engaged to. Her in
- [Elsa Doland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/elsa_doland.md): Elsa Doland is the actress whose admiration for Gerald's work, especially The Primrose Way, once gave Sally hope that his talent would find its proper stage. She is the standard of cleverness against which the eventual l
- [Cracknell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/cracknell.md): Reginald Cracknell, the Millionaire Kid, is a Harvard acquaintance of Fillmore's whose fortune and romantic entanglements make him a force on Broadway. His devotion to Mabel Hobson leads him to bankroll Gerald's play wit
- [Bugs Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/bugs_butler.md): Bugs Butler is the prizefighter Ginger has a stake in, training at White Plains for a bout against lightweight champion Lew Lucas. The office-boy's scornful verdict, that Butler has never licked anyone worth naming, fram
- [Mabel Hobson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mabel_hobson.md): A young woman connected to the theatrical world.
- [Jules](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/jules.md): A waiter or servant, often melancholic or emotional.
- [Mr. Lester Burrowes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_lester_burrowes.md): A scandalized gentleman, likely a minor comic figure.
- [Mr. Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_butler.md): A character named Butler, possibly related to Bugs Butler.
- [Scrymgeour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/scrymgeour.md): An absent or mysterious character, often referred to negatively.
- [Lew Lucas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/lew_lucas.md): A character in Sally's social circle.
- [Mrs. Meecher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mrs_meecher.md): A landlady or housekeeper, likely comic relief.
- [Mr. Bunbury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_bunbury.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or acquaintance.
- [The Office Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/office_boy.md): A young office worker, likely a minor comic figure.
- [Uncle Donald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/uncle_donald.md): Uncle Donald is the formidable head of the family who lectures Bruce Carmyle against marrying an American acquaintance met on a ship, proposing instead a suitable Bassington-Bassington daughter. His outrage at defiance i
- [Mr. Isadore Abrahams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_isadore_abrahams.md): Isadore Abrahams runs the Flower Garden, a noisy Broadway dancing-resort where he has done his best to conjure a garden with paper roses, tubs of tulips, and caged birds overhead. He is a man of his word and a minor fixt
- [Ike Schumann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/ike_schumann.md): A notable figure, possibly in the theatrical world.
- [Augustus Bartlett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/augustus_bartlett.md): A minor character, possibly a friend or acquaintance.
- [Mr. Lancelot Kemp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/mr_lancelot_kemp.md): A relative of Ginger, possibly a cousin.
- [George Washington Williams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sally_se/characters/george_washington_williams.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or acquaintance.

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