# The Dissolute Stranger — Roughing It character guide

> The Dissolute Stranger in Roughing It by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** a dissolute stranger with a literary turn of mind—rather seedy

**First appearance:** 0001-roughing-it

## Who they are

A seedy, literary-minded stranger encountered in a bar.

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