Lady Audley's Secret | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Lady Audley - This character was a governess before marrying. This character has a secret that allows this character to be blackmailed and leads this character to commit many acts of violence to protect the secret.

Robert Audley - This character is a young person who has lived an unfocused life until a missing friend causes this character to focus on the future.

George Talboys - This character wanted to provide well for family, but in order to do this this character had to abandon that family for a short time.

Phoebe -...
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