Lionel Wallace
The protagonist of “The Door in the Wall,” Lionel Wallace is a successful politician. He is distracted from his career, however, by his preoccupation with the door in the wall, which he explains to…
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Redmond
Redmond, the narrator of “The Door in the Wall,” is the practical and sympathetic friend of the main character Lionel Wallace. No slacker himself, Redmond nonetheless makes clear that Wallace has far surpassed him…
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Wallace’s Father
A stern, remote, and career-focused lawyer, Wallace’s father expected great things of Wallace from a young age. When Wallace was five years old, he found the door in the wall and told his father about…
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Minor Characters
Carnaby
An older boy at the school that Wallace and Redmond attend. He is a bully, and particularly cruel to Wallace after Wallace reveals his story about seeing the door in the wall but then can’t find it to show the other boys.
