The Vampire Lestat | 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

Lestat - A vampire who comes into immortality towards the end of the eighteenth century. He is a twenty-year-old male when he is taken from his mortal life and made a vampire.

Gabrielle de Lioncourt - Lestat's mortal mother. Just before she is about to die, Lestat makes her a vampire.

Nicholas de Lenfent - A childhood friend of Lestat who becomes close with him after Lestat kills the wolves. He is the son of a successful merchant in the town.

Armand - Although he is several hundred years old by Lestat's estimate,...
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