Ivanhoe | Characters
Happily for the reader, the large number of characters in this novel generally falls into two categories; the Normans and the Saxons. Of the Normans, most of whom are represented as evil, the principal personages are Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert, Sir Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, Maurice de Bracy, and Albert Malvoisin. On the Saxon "side" stand Cedric; his ward, the Lady Rowena; Wilfred of Ivanhoe; Gurth and Wamba; Athelstane (whose role is a small one, but whose devotion to chivalry and to Rowena, for whom he was initially intended in marriage, is admirable); and, somewhat surprisingly, Robin...
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