# Stephen Blackpool — Hard Times character guide

> Stephen Blackpool in Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Stephen Blackpool, Stephen, Blackpool, Old Stephen

**First appearance:** 0010-x-stephen-blackpool

## Who they are

An honest, hardworking mill worker trapped in an unhappy marriage.

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