Mr. Gashford is the secretary to Lord George Gordon. Gashford had been a schoolfellow of Mr. Geoffrey Haredale and Sir. John Chester at St. Omer's in France. He is a recreant Roman Catholic who has great interest in Lord George Gordon's mission....
Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
Hugh is a lawless, fearless and brutal man, a drunkard, and the Maypoles' sinister handyman. He is the illegitimate son of a gipsy woman and Sir. John Chester. He becomes a leader amongst the Gordon rioters, who is taken and hanged afterwards
Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
Barnaby Rudge is a simple-minded, loving son of Rudge who murders his master, Mr. Reuben Haredale, for his money. Barnaby joins the Gordon Riots despite his mother's frantic pleas and becomes an enthusiastic participant. He is arrested and...
Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
Clemency Newcome is also called Clementina and works as a maidservant to Dr. Jeddler. She eventually marries his manservant Benjamin Britain
Battle of Life, The
Battle of Life was the fourth of five Christmas stories that Charles Dickens wrote. He wrote this story in September-October 1846 and it was first published in one volume in December 1846. It is the story of a man named Doctor Jeddler who is a...
Dr. Anthony Jeddler is a philosopher and widowed father of two daughters, Grace and Marion. He has a sister named Martha and a ward named Alfred Heathfield
Battle of Life, The
Battle of Life was the fourth of five Christmas stories that Charles Dickens wrote. He wrote this story in September-October 1846 and it was first published in one volume in December 1846. It is the story of a man named Doctor Jeddler who is a...
Inspector Bucket is a middle-aged police detective who is active in a number of different investigations. He is employed by Mr. Tulkinghorn and works to arrest his murderer. He is later employed by Sir Dedlock and is very helpful in wrapping up...
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...
Reverend Mr. Chadband is a hypocritical clergyman of no particular denomination. He marries Mrs. Rachael who was Esther Summerson's nurse and becomes involved in a scheme, along with his wife and Bart Smallweed to extort money from Sir Leicester...
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...
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...
Guster is a young woman in her early 20s who comes from a workhouse and is now working as a servant in the Snagby home. Her actual christened name is thought to be Augusta
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...
Mr. Lawrence Boythorn is an elderly gentleman who is very fond of his pet canary. He has been good friends with Mr. Jarndyce for 45 years since they were schoolboys. He is engaged in a legal battle with his neighbor Sir Leicester Dedlock over a...
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...
Michael Jackson is Inspector Bucket's imaginary informant concerning Lady Dedlock's visit to the brickmaker's cottage. The inspector notes him as "A person of the name of Michael Jackson, with a blue velveteen waistcoat with a double row of...
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...
Jo works as a crossing sweeper which was a person who would sweep a path ahead of people crossing dirty urban streets in exchange for a gratuity. Jo is the only mourner for Captain Hawdon and he later shows Lady Dedlock the graveyard where Captain...
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...
Mr. Kenge is a solicitor in the Kenge and Carboy law firm. He is Mr. Jarndyce's lawyer and arranged his adoption of Esther Summerson for him
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...
Mr. Snagsby is a timid man with a bossy wife. He works as a law-stationer in Cook's Court of Cursitor Street and employs Captain Hawdon (called Nemo to disguise his true identity) as a law-writer. He is also kind to the cross-sweeper boy named...
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...
Mr. Tulkinghorn is an attorney-at-law and solicitor of the High Court of Chancery. He is also a legal adviser 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...
Mr. Vholes is a legal adviser to Richard Carstone and ends up involving him in the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case and eventually turns him against Jarndyce
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 an elderly gentleman, who is a member of Parliament. He refers to himself as the poor man's friend and father. He believes the poor are ungrateful, and should be able to pay all their debts if they practice self-denial. He settles all his...
Chimes, The
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, 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...
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
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, 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...
Mr. Turveydrop owns a dancing academy and agrees to the marriage of his son Prince to Caddy
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...
A tanned, unemployed man from the country who had come to London in search of better employment opportunities. He brought his niece, an eight year old orphan, with him. He had been arrested for sleeping in a shed and Alderman Cute plans to...
Chimes, The
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, 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...
The former porter of Sir Joseph Bowley, he had married the former Mrs. Chickenstalker, who operated a grocery store. He was an older man, suffering from the snuffles. He was overweight and had great difficulty breathing
Chimes, The
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, 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...
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...
The Stranger arrives at the Peerybingle house as one of John's deliveries. He appears to be old and hard of hearing. When no one comes to pick him up, he rents a bed from Peerybingles. He is revealed to be Edward Plummer, who had arrived in...
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...
The devious manager at Dombey and Son, Carker is 38-40 years old. He elopes with Edith Granger, Dombey's second wife. He is later killed when he is struck by a train
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...
A portly, bald gentleman with a deep voice and double chin, Dr. Blimber is Paul the Younger headmaster at his school in Brighton. His wife and daughter assist him
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...
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
The Chimes, written in Genoa, Italy, 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...
The rowdy and belligerent companion of Mr. Toots, a classmate of Paul the Younger
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...
She is the landlady for Captain Cuttle, and his enemy. Cuttle is the friend of Walter Gay's uncle, Sol Gillis. Mrs. MacStinger marries another friend of Captain Cuttle's, Jack Bunsby
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...
Owns the boarding house in Brighton where Paul the Younger and Florence stay for a while. Paul Dombey later hires her to be his housekeeper
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...
Son of Polly Toodle, Paul the Younger's nurse. His father is a railway engineer. His parents send him to Charitable Grinders school, and he later works for Captain Cuttle and Mr. James Carker
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...
Rag and bone vender who kidnaps Paul Dombey's daughter Florence and steals her clothes. She also helps Dombey find his wife after she elopes with Carker
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...
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 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...
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
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 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...
Mr. William Swidger is the keeper of the institution where Mr. Redlaw teaches. He is a simple good-hearted man
Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, The
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 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...
The son Dombey has long desired to be his heir. His mother dies giving birth to him, and Paul the Younger is sickly as a result. He never inherits the merchant business because he dies young in the care of his sister, Florence in London
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...
Aunt of the late husband of Flora Finching, and remains Flora's companion. She is the comic relief of the story and known for making nonsensical comments
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Charwoman, or house cleaner, of the Marshalsea debtor's prison. She attends to Little Dorrit's birth
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Associate of Mr. Merdle, a banker. His name refers to the fact he is a bar magnate
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Son of Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle, his family controls the Circumlocution Office. Nothing ever gets done in this office and just goes around in circles
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Wife of Jeremiah Flintwinch, she helps Arthur Clennam's mother, Mrs. Clennam, run the family business
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Another member of the Barnacle family, he is the nephew of Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Mr. Merdle's Butler, his dislike for his boss puts Mr. Merdle at unease
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Along with his father, John, Sr., Chivery is a jailor at Marshalsea debtor's prison. He loves Amy Dorrit, and helps her find her father's fortune
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
After years abroad working in the family business, Arthur Clennam returns to England and befriends Amy Dorrit. He loses money in Mr. Merdle's banking scam and winds up in debtor's prison with Amy, where she cares for him when his health fails. He...
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Amy Dorrit's brother, who lives in Marshalsea debtor's prison with his family. Mrs. Clennam plots to prevent him from learning of his inheritance
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
The title character is the daughter of William Dorrit, she is born in Marshalsea debtor's prison. She befriends Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs her as a seamstress. When her father inherits a fortune she leaves the prison, but returns to nurse...
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Amy's sister Fanny is a dancer who marries Mr. Merdle's step-son Edmund Sparkler. Like Arthur Clennam and the rest of her family, she and her husband lose everything in Merdle's banking scam
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Arthur Clennam's former sweetheart, Flora is reunited with Arthur after 20 years. Arthur finds her to be not quite the woman he loved before
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Flintwich is the clerk for the Clennam family business. Arthur gives him his share of the business. Married to Affery, Jeremiah conspires with his brother Ephraim against Mrs. Clennam
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
