The Return of the Native | Characters

Christian Cantle
Christian is a shy, ineffectual young man, nervous around women. Entrusted to go to Clym’s house on his wedding day and deliver a gift—one hundred guineas that are to be divided between Clym and Thomasin—Christian loses the money to Wildeve in a game of dice.

Grandfer Cantle
Grandfer (a title that is local dialect for “Grandfather”) represents the lively spirit of the simple country people. At almost seventy, he is eager to dance, sing, joke, and tell exaggerated stories.

Charley
Charley is a local man who...



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