# Alison — The Cream of the Jest character guide

> Alison in The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Men Who Loved Alison

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-wherein-a-clerk-appraises-a-fair-country

## Who they are

A legendary figure referenced in the fictional narrative.

## Relationships

### [Felix Kennaston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/felix_kennaston)

_family_

Alison is Felix's wife, representing his domestic reality and emotional anchor.

### [La Beale Ettarre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/la_beale_ettarre)

_rivalry_

Alison resents La Beale Ettarre as the idealized rival for Felix's emotional and creative attention.

### [La Beale Ettarre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/la_beale_ettarre)

_rivalry_

Alison resents La Beale Ettarre as the idealized rival for Felix's emotional and creative attention.

## In the story

### [XII: Of Publishing: With an Unlikely Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xii-of-publishing-with-an-unlikely-appendix)

The renamed heroine of Kennaston's published novel 'Men Who Loved Alison'; the name becomes a cultural phenomenon.

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