Esther (character)

Esther is a fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

About

Esther is the modest daughter of Simonides; she becomes Judah Ben-Hur's wife and the mother of his children.[1]

Etymology

Wallace named this fictional character after his own mother, Esther French (Test) Wallace.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Wallace, Ben-Hur (1880), p. 180 and 548.
  2. ↑ Wallace, An Autobiography, p. 932.
  3. ↑ McKee, "The Early Life of Lew Wallace", p. 206.