The Mysteries of Udolpho Characters — Full List & Who's Who

The orphaned heroine, gifted with sympathy and imagination but repeatedly called upon to discipline fear with observation.

Emily's loving father, whose moral teaching and concealed family grief shape the mysteries she later resolves.

Emily's lover, a sensitive young soldier whose exposure to Parisian vice creates debts, error, and a painful misunderstanding.

Emily's vain, status-conscious aunt, whose marriage to Montoni makes both women vulnerable to his control.

An Italian adventurer and bandit commander who uses marriage, confinement, armed force, and legal coercion to acquire wealth.

Emily's Venetian suitor, first encouraged and then betrayed by Montoni; he attempts to abduct her from Udolpho.

Madame Montoni's talkative maid and Emily's loyal companion, prone to turning rumor into supernatural certainty.

Annette's courageous lover, who aids Emily's escape and later exposes human agents behind a French haunting.

A secret admirer of Emily, imprisoned at Udolpho, who joins her escape but accepts that she cannot return his love.

The honorable owner of Château-le-Blanc, whose advice initially separates Emily from Valancourt and later helps correct that error.

Villefort's generous daughter and Emily's friend, eventually married to St. Foix.

A remorseful nun whose jealousy helped cause the Marchioness de Villeroi's murder and whose confession resolves the oldest mystery.

St. Aubert's sister, murdered by her husband after Laurentini's manipulation and remembered in the haunted rooms of Château-le-Blanc.

An elderly servant devoted to the late Marchioness and keeper of Château-le-Blanc's memories.