# A Christmas Carol — Character guide

> Key figures in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

- [Ebenezer Scrooge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/ebenezer_scrooge.md): Miserly old man who hates Christmas, visited by four ghosts to redeem his soul.
- [Bob Cratchit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/bob_cratchit.md): Scrooge's underpaid clerk and devoted father of Tiny Tim.
- [Jacob Marley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/jacob_marley.md): Scrooge's dead business partner, who returns as a ghost to warn him.
- [Ghost of Christmas Past](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/ghost_of_christmas_past.md): First spirit who shows Scrooge visions of his past Christmases.
- [Ghost of Christmas Present](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/ghost_of_christmas_present.md): Second spirit who reveals the joy and struggles of present Christmas celebrations.
- [Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/ghost_of_christmas_yet_to_come.md): Silent, hooded spirit who shows Scrooge his lonely future death.
- [Tiny Tim](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/tiny_tim.md): Bob Cratchit's frail young son whose fate hangs on Scrooge's redemption.
- [Mrs. Cratchit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/mrs_cratchit.md): Bob Cratchit's wife, fiercely protective of her family and critical of Scrooge.
- [Fred](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/fred.md): Scrooge's cheerful nephew who invites him to Christmas dinner each year.
- [Fezziwig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/fezziwig.md): Jolly former employer of Scrooge who threw grand Christmas parties.
- [Mrs. Fezziwig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/mrs_fezziwig.md): Fezziwig's wife, co-host of the lively Christmas Eve ball.
- [Peter Cratchit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/peter_cratchit.md): Eldest Cratchit son who works to help support the family.
- [Martha Cratchit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/martha_cratchit.md): Eldest Cratchit daughter who works as a milliner and visits on Christmas.
- [Topper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/topper.md): Young man at Fred's party who flirts with and marries one of the sisters.
- [Old Joe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/old_joe.md): Fence who buys Scrooge's stolen belongings after his death.
- [Mrs. Dilber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/mrs_dilber.md): Scrooge's charwoman who steals and sells his possessions after his death.
- [Dick Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/dick_wilkins.md): Fellow apprentice of Scrooge at Fezziwig's warehouse.
- [Fan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/fan.md): Scrooge's beloved younger sister who died young.
- [Belle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/belle.md): Scrooge's former fiancée who left him due to his greed.
- [The Parrot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/a_christmas_carol_se/characters/the_parrot.md): Pet parrot seen in a vision of Scrooge's past at a boarding school.

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