Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories Characters

Miss Amelia

Here's our Miss Amelia. McCullers doesn't mince words when describing her, no sirree Bob:She was...

Cousin Lymon

We'll never be absolutely sure whether this hunchback is "twelve years old, still a child,"...

Marvin Macy

Like Cousin Lymon, Marvin Macy can be seen from two different sides. Sure, both behave like a...

Frances

Frances (from the story Wunderkind) is called Bienchen—German for "little bee"—by her...

Mister Bilderbach

Mister Lafkowitz

Heime Israelsky

The Jockey/Bitsy

Mr. Brook

Madame Zilensky

John Ferris

Ferris, a classy globetrotting newspaper type (or should we call him "The Sojourner"?) has spent...

Elizabeth Bailey

Bill Bailey

Bill Bailey, Elizabeth's new husband, is "a lumbering red-haired man with a deliberate manner,"...

Valentin

Compared to open-faced little Billy, Valentin is dark and independent, the quiet son of Ferris's...

Martin

Hardworking, long-suffering Martin seems fed up when we meet him in "A Domestic Dilemma." He's...

Emily

Emily wasn't always stashing "empty créme de menthe bottles" (Domestic.38) in her...

The Newspaper Delivery Boy

New on the job, this twelve-year-old chap in "A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud" is happy to fasten up his...

The Old Man

Leo

The narrator wastes no time in calling this all-night café proprietor "bitter and stingy"...