Introduction
PREFACE
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
Dramatis Personae
Mr. Ferdinando Falkland, a high-spirited and highly cultured gentleman, a country squire in “a remote county of England.”
Caleb Williams, a youth, his secretary, the discoverer of his secret, and the supposed narrator of the consequent events.
MR. COLLINS, Falkland’s steward and Caleb’s friend.
THOMAS, a servant of Falkland’s.
MR. FORESTER, Falkland’s brother-in-law.
MR. BARNABAS TYRREL, a brutal and tyrannical squire.
Miss Emily Melville, his cousin and dependent, whom he cruelly maltreats and does to death.
Grimes, a brutal rustic, suborned by Tyrrel to abduct Miss Melville.
DR. WILSON; MRS. HAMMOND, friends of Miss Melville.
Mr. Hawkins, farmer; YOUNG HAWKINS, his son, Victims of Tyrrel’s brutality, and wrongfully hanged as his murderers.
GINES, a robber and thief-taker, instrument of Falkland’s vengeance upon Caleb.
MR. RAYMOND, an “Arcadian” captain of robbers.
LARKINS, one of his band.
AN OLD HAG, housekeeper to the robbers.
A GAOLER.
MISS PEGGY, the gaoler’s daughter.
MRS. MARNEY, a poor gentlewoman, Caleb’s friend in distress.
MR. SPURREL, a friend who informs on Caleb.
Mrs. Denison, a cultivated lady with whom Caleb is for a while on friendly terms.