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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Addie | Addie is a poor, farming housewife who has decided she is ready to die, lies down, and dies 10 days later. Read More |
| Anse | Anse is a poor farmer who wants everyone to do things for him and is not very well thought of in the community. Read More |
| Cash | Cash is a talented carpenter and the oldest child in the Bundren family. Read More |
| Darl | Darl, the second oldest Bundren son, is a quirky young man who seems to know what people are thinking and doing, and he has an outsider's view of his family. Read More |
| Jewel | Jewel, the middle son, is a fiery-tempered young man with a drive to make his own way in life, despite his father's stinginess. Read More |
| Dewey Dell | Dewey Dell, Addie and Anse's only daughter, is a sensitive and tough young lady who is under too much pressure to fully absorb the death of her mother. Read More |
| Vardaman | Vardaman is the youngest Bundren child, a little boy with a very big imagination. Read More |
| Armstid | Armstid is a farmer who lets the Bundrens stay with him on their way to bury Addie. |
| Mrs. Bundren | Mrs. Bundren is the duck-shaped woman who lends Anse spades and marries him. |
| Cora | Cora is Vernon Tull's religious wife, and the Bundrens' neighbor, who takes care of Addie on her deathbed. |
| Eula | Eula is one of Tull's daughters who visits with the Bundren family while Addie is dying. |
| Gillespie | Gillespie is the farmer who gives the Bundrens a place to stay, and the owner of the barn Darl sets on fire. |
| Gillespie boy | The Gillespie boy is Gillespie's son. |
| Eustace Grimm | Eustace Grimm is a farmhand who brings the mules from Snopes's farm in exchange for Jewel's horse. |
| Kate | Kate is one of Tull's daughters who helps bake cakes and attends Addie's funeral. |
| Lafe | Lafe is the farmworker who gets Dewey Dell pregnant and gives her $10 to buy abortion drugs at a pharmacy. |
| Lula | Lula is the wife of Armstid, one of the farmers who helps the Bundren family on their journey; she is outraged by having Addie's corpse on her property. |
| MacCallum | MacCallum is one of the neighboring farmers who helps the Bundrens out when they are looking for an intact bridge to cross. |
| MacGowan | MacGowan is the pharmacy stock boy who pretends to be a doctor and gives Dewey Dell fake abortion drugs in exchange for sex. |
| Moseley | Moseley is the upright pharmacist who refuses to give Dewey Dell an abortion drug and tells her to marry Lafe instead. |
| Peabody | Peabody is the doctor who tends to Addie and, later, to Cash. |
| Quick | Quick is a farmhand who works with Samson and MacCallum. |
| Rachel | Rachel is married to Samson, one of the farmers who helps the Bundren family on their way to Jefferson; she is outraged by having Addie's corpse on her property. |
| Samson | Samson is a neighboring farmer who lets the Bundrens stay with him on their way to bury Addie. |
| Tull | Vernon Tull is a practical man, who listens to his wife's advice and tries to do the right thing by helping the Bundren family. |
| Uncle Billy | Uncle Billy is the horse vet who sets Cash's leg. |
| Whitfield | Whitfield is the minister who has an affair with Addie and fathers Jewel. |
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