# Martha — Women character guide

> Martha in Women by Zofia Nałkowska.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0000-i-ice-plains

## Who they are

A woman caught between ecstatic new love and the certainty it will end, she dissects her own passion with the cold eye of a philosopher.

## Relationships

### [Witold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/witold)

_romantic_

Martha shares a passionate but complicated romantic bond with Witold, marked by jealousy and longing.

### [Janka Dernowicz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/janka_dernowicz)

_rivalry_

Janka and Martha are rivals for Witold's affection, leading to tension and mutual resentment.

### [Imszanski](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/imszanski)

_psychological_

Imszanski is obsessively fixated on Martha, manipulating situations to be near her.

### [Mary Wieloleska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/mary_wieloleska)

_friendship_

Martha and Mary are supportive friends, often sharing secrets and emotional burdens.

### [Janusz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/janusz)

_romantic_

Janusz is secretly in love with Martha, but she sees him only as a friend.

### [Witold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/witold)

_romantic_

Martha shares a passionate but complicated romantic bond with Witold, marked by jealousy and longing.

### [Janka Dernowicz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/janka_dernowicz)

_rivalry_

Janka and Martha are rivals for Witold's affection, leading to tension and mutual resentment.

### [Janusz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/janusz)

_romantic_

Janusz is secretly in love with Martha, but she sees him only as a friend.

### [Janka Dernowicz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/janka_dernowicz)

_rivalry_

Janka and Martha are rivals for Witold's affection, leading to tension and mutual resentment.

### [Witold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/witold)

_romantic_

Martha shares a passionate but complicated romantic bond with Witold, marked by jealousy and longing.

### [Mary Wieloleska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/mary_wieloleska)

_friendship_

Martha and Mary are supportive friends, often sharing secrets and emotional burdens.

### [Mary Wieloleska](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/characters/mary_wieloleska)

_friendship_

Martha and Mary are supportive friends, often sharing secrets and emotional burdens.

## In the story

### [II: The “Garden of Red Flowers”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/chapters/ii-the-garden-of-red-flowers)

Bedridden and melancholic; recalls her past life in Klosow with nostalgia, and grieves her husband Witold's absence.

### [III: A Canticle of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/women_se/chapters/iii-a-canticle-of-love)

Witold's former lover; currently in a German sanatorium for nervous patients, pining after her husband and son.

## Links

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