Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Characters

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Narrator	The narrator is a former town resident and currently an investigative journalist. Read More
Angela Vicario	Angela Vicario is a young woman of marriageable age. Read More
Pablo Vicario	Pablo Vicario, a young man, is Angela's brother. Read More
Pedro Vicario	Pedro Vicario is Pablo's twin and Angela's brother. Read More
Plácida Linero	Plácida Linero is Santiago's mother. Read More
Santiago Nasar	Santiago Nasar is a young, open-hearted man of the town. Read More
Bayardo San Román	Bayardo San Román is a rich and handsome young man in town looking for a wife. Read More
Susana Abdala	Susana Abdala is the matriarch of the Nasar family and an herbalist healer.
Father Carmen Amador	Father Carmen Amador is the town priest. He is also forced to conduct an autopsy on Santiago's body.
Don Lázaro Aponte	Don Lázaro Aponte is the town mayor.
Próspera Arango	Próspera Arango is the daughter of a man who's fallen ill and whom Cristo stops to help.
Clotilde Armenta	Clotilde Armenta is the owner of the town milk shop.
Hortensia Baute	Hortensia Baute is a resident of the town.
Cristo Bedoya	Cristo Bedoya is a friend of the narrator and Santiago.
Bishop	The bishop is the chief shepherd of the town who visits the town only by boat.
Pollo Carrillo	Pollo Carrillo is the owner of the town electric plant.
María Alejandrina Cervantes	María Alejandrina Cervantes is an eccentric resident of the town and owner of a brothel.
Escolástica Cisneros	Escolástica Cisneros is a town resident who thinks she saw Santiago with Cristo in the town square.
Prudencia Cotes	Prudencia Cotes is a town resident who later marries Pablo Vicario.
Celeste Dangond	Celeste Dangond is a town resident who invites Santiago in for coffee before Santiago is murdered.
Divina Flor	Divina Flor is the daughter of Victoria Guzmán, who also works and cooks for the Nasars.
Don Rogelio de la Flor	Don Rogelio de la Flor is Clotilde Armenta's husband.
Victoria Guzmán	Victoria Guzmán is the Nasars' maid and housekeeper.
Doctor Dionisio Iguarán	Doctor Dionisio Iguarán is the town physician.
Jaime	Jaime is the narrator's younger brother.
Argénida Lanao	Argénida Lanao is the Nasars' oldest daughter.
Poncho Lanao	Poncho Lanao is a nearby neighbor of the Nasars.
Lawyer	The lawyer defends the Vicario brothers at their trial.
Plácida Linero	Plácida Linero is Santiago Nasar's mother.
Meme Loiza	Meme Loiza is a citizen of the town who saw Santiago with Cristo.
Fausta López	Fausta López is the wife of Polo Carrillo.
Luis Enrique	Luis Enrique is the narrator's brother.
Magistrate	The magistrate is a young investigator sent to hear the case against the Vicario twins.
Margot	Margot is the narrator's sister.
Wenefrida Márquez	Wenefrida Márquez is the narrator's aunt. She speaks to Santiago just before he dies.
Mercedes	Mercedes becomes the narrator's wife.
Flora Miguel	Flora Miguel is Santiago's fiancée.
Nahir Miguel	Nahir Miguel is the father of Santiago's fiancée, Flora Miguel.
Ibrahim Nasar	Ibrahim Nasar is Santiago's father.
Sara Noriega	Sara Noriega owns a shoe store in town.
The nun	The nun is the narrator's sister.
Indalecio Pardo	Indalecio Pardo is a town resident who learns of the coming murder of Santiago.
General Petronio San Román	General Petronio San Román is Bayardo's father.
Leandro Pornoy	Leandro Pornoy is a town policeman.
Luisa Santiaga	Luisa Santiaga is the narrator's mother.
Faustino Santos	Faustino Santos is another butcher in town.
Yamil Shaium	Yamil Shaium is the owner of a dry goods store who tries to warn Santiago.
Alberta Simonds	Alberta Simonds is Bayardo's mother.
Poncio Vicario	Poncio Vicario is Angela's father.
Pura Vicario	Pura Vicario, also called Púrisima del Carmen, is Angela Vicario's mother.
Xius	Xius is the owner of the house that Bayardo buys for himself and his wife.
Yolanda Xius	Yolanda Xius is Xius's deceased wife.

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