Mr. Tulkinghorn is an attorney-at-law and solicitor of the High Court of Chancery. He is also a legal advisor to Sir Leicester Dedlock and discovers the facts about Lady Dedlock's scandalous past. He tells Lady Dedlock what he has learned and...
Bleak House
Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best...
William Guppy is a young clerk in the Kenge and Carboy law firm. He lives with his mother and wants to marry Esther Summerson but she rejects him. He notices a resemblance between Esther and Lady Dedlock and decides to investigate as there is...
Bleak House
Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best...
Sir Leicester Dedlock comes from a very old, respected family in the community and has the title of Baronet. He is married to a wife 20 years his junior and is so shocked by his wife's scandalous past that he has a very debilitating stroke when he...
Bleak House
Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best...
He is a friend of Alderman Cute's. Middle-aged and not particularly clean, he is low-spirited, quotes statistics often, and keeps his hands in his pockets most of the time. He admonishes Trotty Veck for eating tripe because much of the weight of...
Chimes, The
Written in Genoa, Italy, The Chimes is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about his...
He was a small, weak, poor man who was over sixty years of age. He earned his living as a ticket porter, a man who delivered messages. He trotted everywhere he went. He had a beautiful daughter named Meg. He was kind to others
Chimes, The
Written in Genoa, Italy, The Chimes is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about his...
He is a very pompous justice who believes he knows just how to handle the poor. He wants to put down people who are suffering from starvation and sickness. He discourages Meg and her fianc� from marriage, by stating that they will both be...
Chimes, The
Written in Genoa, Italy, The Chimes is the second of Dickens' Christmas stories in which he attempts to convince the upper classes to have compassion for the poor. Taking place on New Year's Eve, a poor man named Trotty begins to despair about his...
Miss Tilly Slowboy is the nurse for the Peerybingle baby. She had been raised as a 'foundling' in a public charity. Tilly's usual response to events in the story is to throw back her head and burst into a howl "Ow-w-w-w!" She has a...
Cricket on the Hearth, The
In 1845, Dickens planned a periodical about home life called Cricket. The plan did not materialize, so he turned the idea into The Cricket on the Hearth, a book with a domestic setting. This was published as Dickens' third Christmas book by...
Caleb Plummer, a poor toymaker, is employed by Gruff and Tackleton. He has two children: a blind daughter Bertha and a son Edward. Dickens described him as little, meager, thoughtful, and dingy-faced. Caleb deceives Bertha by leading to her to...
Cricket on the Hearth, The
In 1845, Dickens planned a periodical about home life called Cricket. The plan did not materialize, so he turned the idea into The Cricket on the Hearth, a book with a domestic setting. This was published as Dickens' third Christmas book by...
Mr. John Peerybingle is a middle-aged man, who works as a Carrier, a deliverer of goods. He is deeply in love with Mary (Dot, as he calls her), his much younger wife. They have a two month old baby boy. John is described as a slow, honest,...
Cricket on the Hearth, The
In 1845, Dickens planned a periodical about home life called Cricket. The plan did not materialize, so he turned the idea into The Cricket on the Hearth, a book with a domestic setting. This was published as Dickens' third Christmas book by...
Florence Dombey's maid. She confronts Paul Dombey about how he treats his daughter, and is dismissed for her efforts. Later she marries Toots
Dombey and Son
First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
Pip, an orphan, is the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. When Pip meets Miss Havisham and Estella, he becomes unhappy with his life. He is glad to receive money from an unknown benefactor to go to London to become a gentleman. He...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Joe Gargery is Pip's brother-in-law and works as the village blacksmith. After Mrs. Gargery's death, he married Bibby, the local teacher. Joe later nursed Pip to health, and paid off his debts. He is physically strong with a mild, good-natured...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. Hubble is the wheelwright in Pip's village in rural Kent. He is a friend of Joe Gargery. He is described as having "legs extraordinarily wide apart"
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. Pumblechook is Joe Gargery's uncle. He is a bachelor corn merchant. Pumblechook was Pip's first connection to Miss Havisham. Pumblechook attempts to pass himself off as Pip's benefactor. He is portrayed as a hypocrite
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. Jaggers is Miss Havisham's and Magwitch's lawyer. He notifies Pip of his good fortune. He is a friend to Pip in a cautious lawyerly way. One of his clients is Molly, Estella's mother, who also works as his housekeeper. He is described as...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. John Wemmick is employed as Mr. Jagger's clerk. In London, he is all business and a bit gruff. He lives with his father the Aged at Walworth in a small castle replica including a moat and drawbridge. At home, Mr. Wemmick is warm and...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Magwitch, a escaped convict, accosted six year old Pip in the churchyard as Pip visited his parents' graves. Pip provided him food and a file. Magwitch is recaptured with another escaped convict and send to Australia. Years later, Magwitch...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. Wemmick, Sen. is Mr. John Wemmick's father. He delights in reading the newspaper aloud and being nodded to. He is hard of hearing
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Orlick is a surly journeyman working for Joe Gargery. He later is employed by Miss Havisham as a porter. Pip reports to Jaggers that Orlick is dangerous. Orlick then falls in with Compeyson. He admits that he had attacked Mrs. Joe and attempts...
Great Expectations
Great Expectations is Dickens's 13th novel. It appeared in monthly installments from December 1860 to August 1961 in the periodical All the Year Round. It was also published in the United States in Harper's Weekly. It is one of Dickens's best...
Mr. Redlaw is the main character in this novella. He is a chemistry instructor who often broods over grief from his past. After a Phantom removes his power of memory on Christmas Eve, he becomes wrathful and spreads his bitterness to others. Milly...
Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, The
This is the fifth and last of Dickens's long stories with a Christmas theme. This book, which is centered around a chemist and lecturer Redlaw, is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves. Redlaw often broods over...
Johnny Tetterby is the second son of the Tetterby family. He is the brother of Dolphus, Sally. He constantly takes care of the baby, Sally
Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, The
This is the fifth and last of Dickens's long stories with a Christmas theme. This book, which is centered around a chemist and lecturer Redlaw, is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves. Redlaw often broods over...
The boy is a character in the story. His name is unknown
Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, The
This is the fifth and last of Dickens's long stories with a Christmas theme. This book, which is centered around a chemist and lecturer Redlaw, is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves. Redlaw often broods over...
Tom Pinch is a devoted admirer and assistant to Mr. Pecksniff. He is a kindly, sweet-tempered fellow about 30; bald, ungainly, awkward-looking, and extremely short-sighted. He is the village organist. Mr. Pinch eventually leaves Mr. Pecksniff...
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit appeared in monthly parts, January 1843-July 1844, as Charles Dickens' sixth novel. The novel was not as successful as earlier novels, although Dickens thought it was best of his stories to that point. Dickens' 1842 trip to...
A bar parlour orator. "A stoutish man of about forty, whose short stiff black hair curled closely round a broad high forehead, and a face to which something besides water and exercise had communicated a rather inflamed appearance"
Parlour Orator, The
A series of papers of a humorous character dealing with life and scenes, chiefly in London, at the time of publication and the earlier part of the nineteenth century
She is the elderly housekeeper of Arthur Gride. She is short, very skinny, palsy-stricken and hideously ugly. She is almost deaf and can barely hear anything. She is jealous that her master is getting married and afraid that she will be put out...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
Although once a wealthy man, he lost all of his money, and becomes Ralph Nickleby's clerk. He is an alcoholic, and has a paralytic limb which causes him to limp when he walks. He wears shabby clothes and has a singular manner. He befriends...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a collector of water rates and the wealthy uncle of Mrs. Kenwigs. He was a short sixty-year old man who dressed in drabs and gaiters. He leaves London and marries Miss Petowker, but she later elopes with another man. He then returns to his...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is the faithful elder clerk of the Cheeryble Brothers. He was very punctual and organized. He is a stout and cheerful fellow who is a friend of Nicholas. He marries Miss La Creevy
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a turner in ivory and the neighbor of Newman Noggs. He hires Nicholas Nickleby to teach three of his daughters French. He is an honest, respectable, and upright man who married above his station in life. He and his wife hope that the...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a business associate of Ralph Nickleby, being a nobleman of Mulberry Castle in North Wales. He acts like a reprobate, pursuing Kate to humiliate her for rejecting him. Nicholas beats him in a fight and Hawk swears he will avenge himself,...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a seventy-year old moneylender and business associate of Ralph Nickleby. He is old, ugly, and withered. He is a miser and lives in an old, dismal, sparsely furnished house. He conspires with Ralph Nickleby to force Madeline Bray, a very...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a sleek, flat-nosed man, who wears dark clothes and long black gaiters. He earns his living as an oil merchant. Although he is eager to appear very moral and wears an expression of sanctity, he leaves his two stepsons in the care of Mr....
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is an honest Yorkshire countryman who marries Matilda Price. He is jovial, ruddy, and burly. He helps Nicholas escape from Mr. Squeers' school and later helps Smike escape from Mr. Squeers as well
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
She is a beautiful talented actress in the Crummles theatre troupe. She plays all kinds of parts from Lady Macbeth to a dance medley. She lives in the house of a tailor and often cares for the Crummles' daughter. Although she and Nicholas share...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is an actor and pantomimist with the Crummles theatre troupe. He wears a round hat with a high crown and a threadbare Newmarket coat. He often carries a dress cane with a glass handle. He delights in mischief and jokes. He always states his...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a 19 year old boy who was left in early childhood in the care of the Squeers' school. He performs chores for Mr. and Mrs. Squeers; they in turn abuse him and beat him. He is timid, broken-spirited, constantly ill, and not very intelligent. ...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is the cruel school master of Dotheboys Hall, where he boards unwanted boys. He is a short, one eyed man with half his face being wrinkled and puckered up. He is approximately 52 years old with a harsh voice and a coarse manner. He constantly...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
She is a large raw-boned woman who is taller than her husband. She is also cruel to the boys and thinks more of saving money on food than of the children's health. She takes the clothes that families send to their children and gives them to her...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is the wealthy uncle of Nicholas and Kate. He is an old man with stern, hard features, who earns a living as a businessman and capitalist. He is cunning and greedy. He lives in a large house in Golden Square and keeps his office there also. ...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is an actor with the Crummles' theatre troupe, who is the tragedian in the group. He is approximately thirty years old, with a dark complexion and long thick black hair. His face is long and very pale. He carries an ash walking stick for...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a large heavy man, who is the manager of the Crummles theatre troupe. He has short black hair and a hoarse voice. His wife and children also share the stage in his troupe. He offers Nicholas and Smite employment as actors and they live...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
He is a tall, full-whiskered, dashing gentlemanly man, who is financially dependent upon his wife's income. He often steals from his wife and threatens to kill himself when she finds out about it. He wastes his wife's money and forces them into...
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The
Nicholas Nickleby, Dickens' third novel, is about social injustice in England. Nicholas Nickleby's father dies and the family, Nicholas, sister Kate, and their mother, are forced to move to London to ask for assistance from their Uncle Ralph...
Oliver Twist is a young man who was born in the parish workhouse and grew up as an orphan in there. He is apprenticed to work for an undertaker but runs away after being treated unfairly. He then falls into bad company while living on the streets...
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Fagin is an elderly man who leads a crime gang of young thieves in London and deals in stolen goods. He is the one who turns Bill Sikes against Nancy and indirectly causes her to be murdered. In the end, he is arrested and hanged
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Mr. Bumble is the Beadle of the parish workhouse where Oliver Twist is born. A Beadle is a parish constable of the Anglican church who is charged with carrying out charitable duties. He marries Mrs. Corney who is the matron at the workhouse. ...
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Bill Sikes is a burglar and thief who works with Fagin. He murders his girlfriend Nancy after Fagin convinces him that she has betrayed all of them. He runs away and accidentally hangs himself while trying to escape during the manhunt
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
John Dawkins is a member of Fagin's crime gang. He is commonly known as "The Artful Dodger" because he is so skillful at picking pockets and other petty crimes. He is the one who meets Oliver Twist and brings him into Fagin's gang
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Edward Leeford (alias Monks) is the son of Edwin Leeford and the villainous half-brother of Oliver Twist. He plots with Fagin against Oliver so he can inherit all of their father's estate. When the plot fails, he immigrates to America and...
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Mrs. Corney is the matron of the parish workhouse where Oliver Twist was born. She later marries Mr. Bumble. They are eventually dismissed from their positions for misconduct and end up as workhouse inmates themselves
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
Duff is one of the police officers investigating the burglary at Mrs. Maylie's house
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
