The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time. Эдгар Аллан По

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      Dramatis Personae

       Table of Contents

      MR. FERDINANDO FALKLAND, a high-spirited and highly cultured gentleman, a country squire in "a remote county of England."

      CALEB WILLIAMS, a youth, his secretary, the discoverer of his secret, and the supposed narrator of the consequent events.

      MR. COLLINS, Falkland's steward and Caleb's friend.

      THOMAS, a servant of Falkland's.

      MR. FORESTER, Falkland's brother-in-law.

      MR. BARNABAS TYRREL, a brutal and tyrannical squire.

      MISS EMILY MELVILLE, his cousin and dependent, whom he cruelly maltreats and does to death.

      GRIMES, a brutal rustic, suborned by Tyrrel to abduct Miss Melville.

      DR. WILSON; MRS. HAMMOND, friends of Miss Melville.

      MR. HAWKINS, farmer; YOUNG HAWKINS, his son, Victims of Tyrrel's brutality, and wrongfully hanged as his murderers.

      GINES, a robber and thief-taker, instrument of Falkland's vengeance upon Caleb.

      MR. RAYMOND, an "Arcadian" captain of robbers.

      LARKINS, one of his band.

      AN OLD HAG, housekeeper to the robbers.

      A GAOLER.

      MISS PEGGY, the gaoler's daughter.

      MRS. MARNEY, a poor gentlewoman, Caleb's friend in distress.

      MR. SPURREL, a friend who informs on Caleb.

      MRS. DENISON, a cultivated lady with whom Caleb is for a while on friendly terms.