The Singing Lesson Characters

Miss Meadows is a thirty-year-old singing teacher at a girls’ school who is engaged to marry Basil. She arrives at school on the day of the story feeling despair because Basil has left a… read analysis of Miss Meadows

Basil is Miss Meadows’s fiancé. At the start of the story, he has sent Miss Meadows a letter breaking off their engagement because, while he “loves her as much as he could love any… read analysis of Basil

The Science Mistress is another teacher at the school where Miss Meadows works. She is pale with honey-colored hair and has a sweet manner that Miss Meadows believes is insincere. She and Miss Meadows have… read analysis of The Science Mistress

Mary Beazley is Miss Meadows’s star student, who gives Miss Meadows a yellow chrysanthemum each day at the start of class. Mary’s long, curling hair is a signal of a well-groomed young girl, and… read analysis of Mary Beazley

Monica is a student at the girls’ school. When Miss Meadows is teaching the singing class, Monica interrupts and enters the classroom to say that Miss Wyatt has a telegram for Miss Meadows. While she… read analysis of Monica