# The Theory of the Leisure Class — Character guide

> Key figures in The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen.

- [the master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class_se/characters/the_master.md): The master stands at the top of Veblen's pecuniary order, a figure whose livelihood never depends on competitive struggle and whose occupations — government, war, sports, devout observances — are predatory rather than pr
- [servants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class_se/characters/servants.md): Servants mark the moment leisure becomes fact rather than theory: once chattel slavery and herdsmen appear, the split between laboring and leisure classes hardens into an institution. Their work is the invisible substrat
- [the priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class_se/characters/the_priest.md): A figure representing religious observance in the leisure class.
- [the servant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class_se/characters/the_servant.md): An individual domestic worker within the leisure class household.
- [the Lord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_the_leisure_class_se/characters/the_lord.md): A title referring to a deity or noble figure in the text.

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