William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

William Hundert

Sedgewick Bell

Louis Masoudi

Martin Blythe

James Ellerby

Elizabeth

Headmaster Woodbridge

Miss Johnston

Anna Mehta

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Older Martin Blythe

Older Deepak Mehta

Older Louis Masoudi
November 22, 2002

William Hundert

Sedgewick Bell

Louis Masoudi

Martin Blythe

James Ellerby

Elizabeth

Headmaster Woodbridge

Miss Johnston

Anna Mehta

Dr. Kelly Ryan

Sedgewick Bell (older)

Older Martin Blythe

Older Deepak Mehta

Older Louis Masoudi
