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Jude

This character is the main protagonist of the novel. He suffered horrific abuse throughout the entirety of his childhood and suffers from psychological problems as a result. This character is sweet, sensitive, and desperate not to encroach upon anyone else's chance for satisfaction or contentment, even to the detriment of his own ability to attain happiness. This character is a lawyer by trade. At the end of the novel, this character kills himself after he loses the love of his life in a car accident.

Willem

This character is the best friend and later in life, the lover, of the novel's protagonist. This character and the protagonist meet in college and begin a lifelong friendship. This character is the only person to whom the protagonist tells his whole life story before taking his own life. This character is an actor by trade and becomes famous over the course...

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