Daniel Deronda Characters

Anna Gascoigne is Gwendolen Harleth’s cousin and a gentle, kind-hearted young woman. Unlike Gwendolen, Anna is modest and self-effacing, providing a foil to Gwendolen’s confident and headstrong nature. Anna’s simplicity and quiet demeanor highlight Gwendolen’s more dramatic and self-centered tendencies.

Rex Gascoigne is Gwendolen Harleth’s cousin and Anna’s brother. He is a young, impressionable man who falls deeply in love with Gwendolen early in the novel. However, Gwendolen dismisses his affections, viewing him as too naive and insignificant for her ambitions.

Mrs. Meyrick is the matriarch of the Meyrick family and a kind, generous woman who becomes a surrogate mother figure to Mirah Lapidoth. Her household is lively and supportive, offering a safe haven for Mirah after her rescue by Daniel Deronda.

Herr Klesmer is a gifted musician and composer who falls in love with Catherine Arrowpoint. Though of lower social standing, Klesmer is proud, confident, and unafraid to stand up to those who look down on him for his profession and background.

Charisi is Daniel Deronda’s maternal grandfather, a prominent figure in the Jewish community. Though deceased, Charisi’s influence is felt through the legacy he leaves behind, including the documents and possessions entrusted to Joseph Kalonymos.

Lord Brackenshaw is a minor character and a local landowner with social ties to Sir Hugo Mallinger and Henleigh Grandcourt. He plays a peripheral role in the story, providing insight into the social dynamics of the English gentry.

Ezra Cohen is a Jewish shopkeeper who befriends Mordecai and provides him with a place to live. Cohen and his family form part of the Jewish community that Daniel Deronda becomes acquainted with during his journey.

Mr. Clintock is a minor character who serves as one of Catherine Arrowpoint’s suitors. Wealthy and of high social standing, he represents the type of match that Catherine’s parents, particularly her mother, would prefer for her.

Madame von Langen is a minor character who appears in the early part of the novel during the events in Leubronn. She is one of the acquaintances Gwendolen Harleth makes while vacationing at the German spa town.

Ephraim is Leonora Halm-Eberstein’s cousin and first husband. Their marriage was arranged by Leonora’s father, following Jewish tradition, but Leonora entered the union unwillingly.

Isabel Harleth is one of Gwendolen’s younger sisters. Like the rest of the Harleth family, Isabel’s future becomes precarious following their financial ruin.

Lady Flora Hollis is a member of the aristocracy who moves within the same social circles as Henleigh Grandcourt and Gwendolen Harleth.

Lady Mallinger is Sir Hugo Mallinger’s wife and part of the aristocratic world that Daniel Deronda grows up in.

Mrs. Cohen is Ezra Cohen’s wife and a practical, no-nonsense woman. She runs the household and helps care for Mordecai during his illness.

Mr. Vandernoodt is a charming and sociable acquaintance of Gwendolen Harleth with a love for gossip.

Pash is one of the Jewish intellectuals whom Daniel Deronda meets while with Mordecai.

Gideon is one of the Jewish intellectuals whom Daniel Deronda meets while with Mordecai.

Bishop Mompert is a clergyman for whom Gwendolen almost works as a governess.

Jacob Cohen is the youngest member of the Cohen family and a lively, mischievous child.

Mr. Bult is a rising politician whom Mrs. Arrowpoint hopes Catherine will marry.

Mr. Fraser is Daniel Deronda’s tutor when he is a boy.

Kate Meyrick is one of Mrs. Meyrick’s daughters.

Amy Meyrick is one of Mrs. Meyrick’s daughters.

Mab Meyrick is one of Mrs. Meyrick’s daughters.

Warham is the brother of Rex and Anna Gascoigne.

Mrs. Mompert is Bishop Mompert’s wife.