Who is the human protagonist of C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce?

The human protagonist and viewpoint character in C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce is an unnamed narrator. He describes taking a bus from a dreary version of Hell to a brighter region associated with Heaven.

Because the narrator observes conversations rather than receiving a detailed personal biography, Lewis keeps him anonymous. This allows the reader to experience the journey as an observing human perspective while meeting other travelers and supernatural figures.

The unnamed narrator should not be confused with Elwin Ransom, the central figure of Lewis’s Space Trilogy, or Mark Studdock, a main character in That Hideous Strength. Digory Kirke belongs to The Chronicles of Narnia. The Great Divorce is not a conventional novel with a fully named hero; its dramatic focus rests on the choices made by the spirits encountered during the journey.