Characters and Objects in The Eyre Affair

Characters
Thursday Next - This main character is a literary detective who returns to Swindon to continue an investigation, and is the narrator of the story.
Acheron Hades - This character is using an invention to kill fictional characters.
Aunt Polly and Uncle Mycroft - These characters, related to the main character, are a scientist and his assistant.
Mom and Dad Next - These characters, related to the main character, are a rogue member of the Chronoguard and his wife.
Landen Parke-Laine - This character, a novelist, was friends with the main character's brother when they were both in the Army.
Jack Schitt - This Goliath Corporation employee wants to use the Prose Portal to develop weapons for the Crimean War.
Victor Analogy - This character is the head of Swindon's LiteraTec department.
Spike - This character is the only member of Swindon's SO-27, hunting down vampires, werewolves, and other creatures.
Fillip Tamworth and Filbert Snood - These characters go on a stakeout with the main character. One of them was aged in a Chronoguard accident.
Jane Eyre and Mr. Edward Rochester - These characters are from a book within the book, and their story must be rescued by the main character.

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.
Objects
Bookworms - These inventions by Mycroft feed on words and expel synonyms.
Prose Portal - This invention by Mycroft is stolen by Acheron Hades.
Plasma Rifle - This invention does not work in the real world.
356 Speedster - This is bought by Thursday after she sees herself with it, and it is brightly painted.
LiteraTec - This is the specific division Thursday works for.
ChronoGuard - This is the specific division Thursday's father worked for, and is now being hunted by.
SO-5 - The sole purpose of this highly secretive division is to hunt Acheron Hades.
SpecOps - This is a special police force in England, divided into departments.
Goliath Corporation - This company helped rebuild England. They provide everything people need, so their motto is "From cradle to coffin."
Martin Chuzzlewit - A minor character from this novel is found murdered in the streets of London.
Jane Eyre - This novel was published under the pseudonym Currer Bell, and was stolen by Acheron Hades.
Haworth House - This museum was the location of a strange episode during which Thursday Next met Edward Rochester for the first time.
Thornfield - This is Edward Rochester's estate.
Crimean War - This has been going on for 130 years.
Millcote - This is the small town where Jane Eyre lived and fell in love with Edward Rochester.
Swindon - This is Thursday's hometown.