The Doorbell Rang Study Guide

The Doorbell Rang

The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout

  • Nero Wolfe, private detective
  • Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant, narrator of all the Wolfe stories
  • Rachel Bruner, Wolfe's client, a wealthy business owner who, along with her family and employees, is being harassed by the FBI
  • Sarah Dacos, Mrs. Bruner's secretary
  • Morris Althaus, a writer whose murder is somehow connected to the FBI's activities in Manhattan
  • Ivana Althaus, Morris's mother, who quotes both Leviticus and Aristotle on the subject of vengeance
  • Richard Wragg, special agent in charge of the FBI's New York office
  • Ashley Jarvis and Dale Kirby, actors hired to stand in for Wolfe and Goodwin, respectively
  • Inspector Cramer, head of West Manhattan Homicide

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