Romantic

Character Role Analysis

Bella Wilfer and Lizzie Hexam

There are two different love stories in this book: the one between Eugene and Lizzie and the one between John and Bella. Both stories end happily ever after for different reasons.

John pretends to be dead so he can test whether Bella can love him for his soul rather than his money, and Bella passes with flying colors. Lizzie, on the other hand, comes to love Eugene when she saves him from being murdered by a rival suitor. In both cases, Bella and Lizzie show themselves to be good people who deserve the happy marriages they end up with.