Miss Lonelyhearts Characters

The unnamed protagonist, Miss Lonelyhearts is referred to by the name of the newspaper advice column he writes. Miss Lonelyhearts grows disillusioned and burdened by the New Yorkers who write to him for advice, unable… read analysis of Miss Lonelyhearts

Shrike is Miss Lonelyhearts’s boss and editor at the newspaper. Unlike Miss Lonelyhearts, Shrike doesn’t take the readers of the advice column seriously, having begun the column merely as a way to increase the… read analysis of Shrike

Betty is Miss Lonelyhearts’s fiancée. Although Miss Lonelyhearts proposed to Betty two months prior to the beginning of the novella and has ignored her since, Betty does her best to care for him and… read analysis of Betty

Mrs. Doyle’s husband, Mr. Doyle makes Miss Lonelyhearts’s acquaintance at the speakeasy. During their first meeting, Mr. Doyle shares a letter in which he details his fatigue with work and asks what the… read analysis of Mr. Doyle

Although she’s married to Shrike, Mary tells Miss Lonelyhearts that she’s done with her husband and agrees to go out with Miss Lonelyhearts. She likes to dance and confides in Miss Lonelyhearts about her… read analysis of Mary Shrike

When a man at the speakeasy punches Miss Lonelyhearts in the face, his friend Ned Gates comes to check on him. Gates and Miss Lonelyhearts leave the speakeasy together and start to harass an old… read analysis of Ned Gates