# Jacob Marley — A Christmas Carol character guide

> Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Marley, Mr. Marley, old Marley, Old Marley, Jacob, Old Jacob Marley, old Jacob Marley, old Jacob

**First appearance:** 0002-stave-i-marley-s-ghost

## Who they are

Scrooge's dead business partner, who returns as a ghost to warn him.

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