# The Mysteries of Udolpho — Character guide

> Key figures in The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe.

- [Emily St. Aubert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/emily_st_aubert.md): Emily is the devoted daughter of the ailing St. Aubert, raised amid the quiet beauties of La Vallée and taught to value music, poetry, and self-command above fortune. When her father's ruin and death leave her dependent 
- [Valancourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/valancourt.md): Valancourt meets Emily in the Pyrenees as a fellow traveler of generous feeling and careless purse, and their attachment forms quickly against her father's cautious disapproval. His gambling debts, his brother's influenc
- [Montoni](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/montoni.md): Montoni enters the story as a suitor for Emily's aunt and quickly reveals himself as a man who values rank, revenue, and command above every affection. His cold authority over Madame Montoni and his designs upon Emily's 
- [Annette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/annette.md): Annette serves first Madame Montoni and then Emily, forever stumbling into secrets she half-understands and reporting them with breathless urgency. Her fear of ghosts, her devotion to Ludovico, and her inability to hold 
- [Madame Montoni](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/madame_montoni.md): Madame Montoni is a woman of ostentatious dress and sullen manners who resents her niece's beauty and her own diminished influence over her husband. Her jealousy of Montoni's friends and her grasping concern for property
- [Ludovico](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/ludovico.md): Ludovico is the sharp-eyed servant who reads Montoni's grim preparations and the cutthroat strangers gathering at the castle more clearly than anyone else will admit. His willingness to test the haunted room, and his att
- [Blanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/blanche.md): As the daughter of the Count de Villefort, Blanche moves within the same genteel French circles that Emily once inhabited, but her temperament is brighter and more openly affectionate. She attaches herself to Emily with 
- [St. Aubert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/st_aubert.md): A retired French gentleman of refined taste, St. Aubert raises Emily in rural seclusion, teaching her to love landscape, music, and moderation rather than society's glitter. His delicacy of conscience makes him recoil fr
- [Count Morano](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/count_morano.md): Count Morano is a nobleman of fortune and fashion who fixes his ambitions on Emily while she is still under her aunt's care in Venice, pressing his suit with a confidence that assumes consent. His passion proves self-ser
- [Madame Cheron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/madame_cheron.md): Emily's aunt who later becomes Madame Montoni.
- [Theresa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/theresa.md): The faithful old servant of the St. Aubert family.
- [Barnardine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/barnardine.md): A treacherous servant of Montoni who assists in the imprisonment.
- [Dorothée](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/dorothee.md): An old servant at the chateau who reveals secrets to Emily.
- [Agnes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/agnes.md): A nun who provides shelter and counsel to Emily.
- [Laurentini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/laurentini.md): The mysterious former owner of Udolpho, whose story is central to the mystery.
- [Cavigni](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/cavigni.md): A friend of Montoni, involved in the intrigues at Udolpho.
- [Monsieur Du Pont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/monsieur_du_pont.md): A gentleman who admires Emily and aids her escape.
- [Count De Villefort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/count_de_villefort.md): A nobleman who befriends Emily and hosts her at his chateau.
- [St. Foix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/st_foix.md): A chevalier who marries Blanche.
- [Old Carlo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/old_carlo.md): An old servant at the St. Aubert estate.
- [Bertrand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/bertrand.md): A servant of Montoni involved in the villainy.
- [Henri](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/henri.md): A young chevalier and friend of Valancourt.
- [Madame Clairval](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/madame_clairval.md): A wealthy widow who befriends Valancourt.
- [Signor Orsino](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/signor_orsino.md): A sinister associate of Montoni.
- [Monsieur Quesnel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/monsieur_quesnel.md): Emily's uncle by marriage, a cold and practical man.
- [Signor Verezzi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/signor_verezzi.md): One of Montoni's associates.
- [Marquis de Villeroi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/marquis_de_villeroi.md): The deceased husband of the Marchioness de Villeroi.
- [Countess De Villefort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/countess_de_villefort.md): The wife of Count De Villefort.
- [Monsieur Barreaux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/monsieur_barreaux.md): An old gentleman encountered by St. Aubert.
- [Signora Livona](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mysteries_of_udolpho_se/characters/signora_livona.md): A friend of Madame Montoni.

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