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The Narrator

This character's journal is the basis for the book; he is the father of the family.

Elizabeth

This character is the narrator's wife and the mother of the family.

Fritz

This character is the oldest son of the family and the one who discovers the other castaway on their island.

Franz

This character is the youngest son in the family; he spends much of the novel with his mother.

Ernest

This character is the second oldest son in the family; he is often criticized and his brothers teasingly call him "Professor."

Jack

This character is the third oldest in the family and is one of the two sons who choose to remain on the island at the end of the story.

Jenny Montrose

This character is the daughter of an English colonel. She has been shipwrecked on the same island as the family and is eventually found...

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