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Characters

• Caroline Meeber, a.k.a. Carrie, a young woman from rural Wisconsin; the protagonist.
• Minnie Hanson, Carrie's dour elder sister who lives in Chicago and puts her up on arrival.
• Sven Hanson, Minnie's husband, of Swedish extraction and taciturn temperament.
• Charles H. Drouet, a buoyant traveling salesman Carrie meets on the train to Chicago.
• George W. Hurstwood, a well-to-do, sophisticated man who manages Hannah and Hogg's resort.
• Julia Hurstwood, George's strong-willed, social-climbing wife.
• Jessica Hurstwood, George and Julia's daughter, who shares her mother's aspirations to social status.
• George Hurstwood, Jr, George and Julia's son.
• The Vances, a wealthy merchant and his wife, who live in the same building as Hurstwood and Carrie in New York City.
• Robert Ames, Mrs. Vance's cousin from Indiana, a handsome young scholar whom Carrie regards as a male ideal.
• Lola Osborne, a chorus girl Carrie meets during a theatre production in New York, who encourages Carrie to become her roommate.