The Characters

CHRISTY RUDD HUDDLESTON, a nineteen-year-old girl.

CHRISTY’S STUDENTS:

CREED ALLEN, age nine.

BESSIE COBURN, age twelve.

SAM HOUSTON HOLCOMBE, age nine.

RUBY MAE MORRISON, age thirteen.

DAVID GRANTLAND, the young minister.

IDA GRANTLAND, David’s sister.

ALICE HENDERSON, a Quaker mission worker originally from Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

DR. NEIL MACNEILL, the physician of the Cove.

LETY COBURN, mother of Christy’s student, Bessie.

KYLE COBURN, Bessie’s father.

FAIRLIGHT SPENCER, a mountain woman.

GRANNY BARCLAY, the midwife of the Cove.

MR. HUDDLESTON, Christy’s father.

MRS. HUDDLESTON, Christy’s mother.

GEORGE HUDDLESTON, Christy’s brother.

LANCE BARCLAY, a young man from Asheville.

MR. BARCLAY, Lance’s father.

MRS. BARCLAY, Lance’s mother.

MABEL BENTLEY, MELISSA BENTLEY, ELIZABETH DEERFIELD, and JEANETTE GRADY, Christy’s friends from Asheville.

THOMAS WOLFE, a boy from Asheville.