Diario de una pasión / El cuaderno de Noah [The Notebook] characters

Appears from the start

An elderly resident of a care facility who carries a worn notebook and regularly reads its story aloud to a woman whose memory has largely deserted her. He is patient, physically frail, and sustained by the hope that the story can still reach his listener.

Also known as Allie

Appears from the start

An elderly woman living in the same care facility as Noah. Illness has disrupted her memory and left her unable to recognize people consistently, but she listens when Noah reads to her.

First appears in chapter 3

Allie's wealthy and socially acceptable fiancé, a successful lawyer whose political prospects please her parents. He is attentive and genuinely loves her, making her renewed connection with Noah a difficult choice rather than a simple escape.

First appears in chapter 9

Allie's mother, who opposed her daughter's youthful romance with Noah because of the difference in their families' social standing. She arrives in New Bern after learning where Allie has gone.

First appears in chapter 2

Noah's older neighbor and friend in New Bern. He shares meals and music with Noah and provides easy companionship during the quiet years spent restoring the house.

First appears in chapter 2

A friend from the summer when Noah and Allie first met. He belongs to the small group through which the two teenagers spend time together and begin their romance.

First appears in chapter 2

Allie's friend during the summer in New Bern and part of the circle that brings her and Noah together. She witnesses the intensity of their young relationship.

First appears in chapter 2

The owner of the northern scrap-metal business where Noah works for years after leaving New Bern. He respects Noah's reliability and ultimately leaves him money that makes the restoration of the old house possible.