The Notebook: Booktrack Edition characters

Appears from the start

An elderly man living in a care facility who follows a daily ritual of reading a handwritten story to another resident. Age has weakened him physically, but his devotion to the woman he visits remains the organizing purpose of his life.

First appears in chapter 3

A young woman from a wealthy family who returns to New Bern shortly before her planned marriage. Fourteen years earlier she spent a formative summer with Noah, and seeing a newspaper photograph of the house he restored brings her back to confront their unfinished relationship.

First appears in chapter 4

Allie's fiancé, a successful lawyer from a socially prominent Southern family. Polished, ambitious, and approved by her parents, he represents the secure future she has already promised to accept.

First appears in chapter 9

Allie's mother, who opposed her daughter's youthful romance with Noah because of differences in wealth and social standing. She comes to New Bern after learning that Allie has returned there.

First appears in chapter 2

Allie's father, a prosperous man whose family's summer stay in New Bern enabled Allie and Noah to meet. He and his wife considered Noah unsuitable for their daughter.

First appears in chapter 2

Noah's warm, music-loving neighbor in New Bern. He is a trusted companion during Noah's solitary years and helps connect Noah's present life to the community around him.

First appears in chapter 2

Noah's close friend from his youth, remembered as part of the circle around Noah and Allie during the summer when they first fell in love.

First appears in chapter 12

A physician caring for the elderly residents. He knows the medical limits of Allie's condition and regards Noah's hope that reading can reach her as emotionally understandable but unlikely to overcome the disease.