The Sun Also Rises Characters
Every major character in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, with a portrait, who they are and the chapters they appear in.
Jake BarnesNarrator · 19 chaptersAn American expatriate journalist in 1920s Paris whose war wound shapes his desires and perspective as he moves with friends through cafés, fishing and Pamplona.
Robert CohnMajor character · 19 chaptersA wealthy, insecure American expatriate and former Princeton boxing champion whose romantic idealism and outsider status unsettle Jake’s circle.
Lady Brett AshleyMajor character · 16 chaptersAn attractive, restless English aristocrat whose charm, appetites, and contradictions drive much of the group's tensions and desires.
Mike CampbellMajor character · 16 chaptersBrett Ashley’s beleaguered fiancé, a bankrupt, hard‑drinking Scot who mixes banter with jealousy and social abrasion.
Bill GortonMajor character · 15 chaptersJake Barnes’s closest American friend: a witty, easygoing writer who provides comic relief and steady companionship on the trip to Spain.
Frances ClyneMinor character · 9 chaptersRobert Cohn’s forceful on-and-off partner in Paris who pushes him to Europe and presses him about marriage and status.
MontoyaMajor character · 9 chaptersPamplona hotelier and devoted aficionado who judges and protects true bullfighting talent and tradition.
Pedro RomeroMajor character · 9 chaptersA young, supremely skilled bull‑fighter whose calm mastery and purity of craft enthrall Brett and the expatriate circle.
Wilson-HarrisMinor character · 6 chaptersA courteous, generous English fisherman who befriends Jake and Bill on their Burguete fishing trip.
Count MippipopolousMinor character · 5 chaptersA wealthy, good-humored bon vivant who courts Lady Brett and supplies lavish nights out for the expatriate circle.
GeorgetteMinor character · 5 chaptersA Parisian companion to Jake for an evening, whose presence highlights nightlife, jealousy, and transactional intimacy.
BelmonteMinor character · 4 chaptersA renowned veteran matador whose reputation and technique contrast with the youthful brilliance of Pedro Romero.
Harvey StoneMinor character · 4 chaptersAn impoverished, sardonic American expatriate writer who haunts the Café Select and mocks the group’s pretensions.- BBraddocksMinor character · 3 chaptersA Parisian expatriate host whose rooms and company provide a social center for Jake and the circle.
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