# The Blue Lagoon — Character guide

> Key figures in The Blue Lagoon by H. de Vere Stacpoole.

- [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dick.md): A restless eight-year-old Boston boy whose curiosity turns a castaway island into a playground, and whose bond with Emmeline deepens as the years pass.
- [Emmeline](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/emmeline.md): A dreamy Boston girl clutching a secret box, whose quiet intensity and sudden Paradise-bright smile anchor the children's strange new life ashore.
- [Mr. Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/mr_button.md): An old Irish sailor who steers the drifting dinghy, spins tall tales to amuse the children, and finds what everyone else loses.
- [Paddy Button](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/paddy_button.md): The warm-hearted Irish tar whose yarns of pigs, babies, and Deal longshoremen keep two frightened children laughing through empty days at sea.
- [Captain Le Farge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_le_farge.md): A ship's captain whose authority collapses when his water-short boats turn on each other in the moonlight, leaving him helpless aboard his own command.
- [Captain Fountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_fountain.md): A captain whose vessel and crew drift through the later chapters, offering the wider maritime world a glimpse of the island's castaways.
- [Captain Stannistreet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/captain_stannistreet.md): A ship captain appearing in the narrative.
- [Mrs. Stannard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/mrs_stannard.md): A female character, possibly a mother or matron.
- [Dicky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/dicky.md): A minor character, possibly a child or young sailor.
- [Tim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/tim.md): A minor character, likely a crew member or local.
- [Buck M'Cann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/buck_mcann.md): A minor character with a distinctive name.
- [Hannah](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/hannah.md): A female character appearing in a chapter titled after her.
- [Koko](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/koko.md): A character, possibly a native or exotic figure.
- [Daddy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/daddy.md): A familial figure, possibly a father.
- [Wannamaker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/wannamaker.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Arthur Lestrange](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blue_lagoon_se/characters/arthur_lestrange.md): A minor character, possibly related to Emmeline Lestrange.

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