# Evelyn — The Last Man character guide

> Evelyn in The Last Man by Mary Shelley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Little Evelyn, Poor little Evelyn

**First appearance:** 0002-the-last-man

## Who they are

A small child who is cared for by the group during the epidemic.

## Relationships

### [Clara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/characters/clara)

_family_

Clara is Evelyn's aunt, and their relationship is warm and nurturing.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-ii-vi)

Lionel and Idris's child; tries to draw Clara away to play but is caught up in the spreading alarm.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-ii-vii)

One of the children; mentioned as a favourite of the deceased nurse.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-i)

Evelyn is mentioned as one of Idris's children, young and blooming, but doomed by the plague.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-ii)

Mentioned as a child who brings a favorite rose tree and marble vase for the journey.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-iii)

Travels with Lionel and Idris as part of their small group.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-iv)

Infant whose gaiety is shadowed by the absence of his mother Idris.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-v)

Five-year-old child; enlivens the house with innocent mirth; his joyous heart is incapable of sorrow.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-viii)

The little boy who dies and is buried under a cypress; his death deepens the group's grief.

### [The Last Man's Lament](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_man_se/chapters/volume-iii-x)

Evelyn, Lionel's child, is mentioned as having died earlier, deepening Lionel's sense of loss.

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