Characters from Letters of E. B. White

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

Katherine White - This person is the spouse of the author, who works as a fiction editor for the New Yorker, continuing to commute by train to New York City from Maine after they buy a farm in Brooklin, and eventually producing copy for the magazine by mail.

Stanley Hart White - This person is the author's older sibling, a hero in youth and a close friend throughout life, who lives in Chicago and receives many lengthy letters about the author's life.

Howard Cushman - This person is one of the author's closest...
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