The Pickwick Papers · Characters
Character guide
Key figures in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.
Samuel Pickwick
major
Also known as Mr. Pickwick, Pickwick, the immortal Pickwick, the eloquent Pickwick, the perplexed Mr. Pickwick
Founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club, whose travels and misadventures drive the novel.
Sam Weller
major
Also known as Mr. Samuel Weller, Sam, Mr. Weller, Sam Weller, Weller, Sammy, Samivel, Veller, Samivel Veller
Mr. Pickwick's witty and loyal manservant, who becomes his closest companion.
Nathaniel Winkle
supporting
Also known as Mr. Winkle, Winkle, Mr. Nathaniel Winkle
A member of the Pickwick Club, known for his ineptitude at sports and romantic entanglements.
Tracy Tupman
supporting
Also known as Tupman, Mr. Tupman, Mr. Tracy Tupman, old Tupman
A romantic and susceptible member of the Pickwick Club, often pursuing love interests.
Augustus Snodgrass
supporting
Also known as Snodgrass, Mr. Snodgrass, Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, Augustus
The poetic member of the Pickwick Club, who eventually marries Emily Wardle.
Alfred Jingle
supporting
Also known as Mr. Jingle, Jingle, Mr. Alfred Jingle, Alfred Jingle
A charming but unscrupulous con man who repeatedly causes trouble for the Pickwickians.
Job Trotter
supporting
Also known as Job, Trotter, Mr. Trotter, Mr. Job Trotter, Job Trotter
Jingle's cunning and duplicitous servant, who aids his master's schemes.
Mr. Wardle
supporting
Also known as Wardle, Old Mr. Wardle, old Wardle
A jovial country gentleman and friend of Mr. Pickwick, host at Dingley Dell.
Emily Wardle
supporting
Also known as Emily, Miss Wardle, Miss Emily Wardle, Emily Wardle
One of Mr. Wardle's daughters, who falls in love with and marries Augustus Snodgrass.
Isabella Wardle
minor
Also known as Isabella, Isabella Wardle, Bella, Miss Isabella Wardle
Mr. Wardle's eldest daughter, who marries Mr. Trundle.
Rachael Wardle
minor
Also known as Miss Rachael Wardle, Rachael, Miss Rachael, the passionate Wardle
Mr. Wardle's spinster sister, who is briefly infatuated with Jingle.
Bob Sawyer
supporting
Also known as Mr. Bob Sawyer, Bob Sawyer, Bob, Sawyer, Mr. Sawyer
A boisterous and impecunious medical student and later surgeon, friend of Benjamin Allen.
Benjamin Allen
supporting
Also known as Mr. Benjamin Allen, Ben, Mr. Allen, Allen, Benjamin, Benjamin Allen
A medical student and Arabella's brother, who wants her to marry Bob Sawyer.
Arabella Allen
supporting
Also known as Arabella Allen, Arabella, Miss Allen, the charming Arabella, Miss Arabella Allen, Bella
Benjamin Allen's sister, who secretly marries Nathaniel Winkle.
Mr. Perker
supporting
Also known as Perker, little Mr. Perker, Little Mr. Perker
Mr. Pickwick's shrewd and capable solicitor.
Mrs. Bardell
supporting
Also known as Mrs. Bardell, Bardell, Mrs. Martha Bardell
Mr. Pickwick's landlady, who sues him for breach of promise of marriage.
Dodson and Fogg
supporting
Also known as Messrs. Dodson, Fogg, Dodson, Messrs. Dodson & Fogg, Dodson & Fogg, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Fogg
The unscrupulous lawyers who represent Mrs. Bardell in her lawsuit against Pickwick.
Mr. Pott
minor
Also known as Mr. Pott, Pott, the great Pott, the mighty Pott
Editor of the Eatanswill Gazette, a pompous and quarrelsome newspaperman.
Mrs. Pott
minor
Also known as Mrs. Pott, the agreeable Mrs. Pott, the imperious Mrs. Pott
Mr. Pott's domineering wife, who flirts with Mr. Winkle.
Mr. Stiggins
supporting
Also known as Mr. Stiggins, the reverend Mr. Stiggins, Stiggins, the Reverend Mr. Stiggins
A hypocritical and drunken evangelical minister, associated with Mrs. Weller.
Tony Weller
supporting
Also known as the elder Mr. Weller, Mr. Weller, Mr. Veller, Tony Veller, Mr. Tony Veller
Sam Weller's father, a jovial and wise coachman.
Mrs. Weller
minor
Also known as Mrs. Weller, the late Mrs. Weller
Tony Weller's second wife, a devout follower of Mr. Stiggins.
Mary
supporting
Also known as Mary, Mary Ann
A pretty housemaid at Mr. Nupkins' house, who later marries Sam Weller.
Mr. Nupkins
minor
Also known as Mr. Nupkins, Nupkins
A pompous and self-important magistrate in Ipswich.
Mrs. Nupkins
minor
Also known as Mrs. Nupkins
Mr. Nupkins' haughty wife.
Miss Nupkins
minor
Also known as Miss Nupkins
The Nupkins' daughter, who is courted by Jingle.
Peter Magnus
minor
Also known as Magnus, Mr. Magnus, Mr. Peter Magnus
A nervous and comical gentleman who proposes to Miss Witherfield.
Miss Witherfield
minor
Also known as Miss Witherfield
A lady who mistakes Mr. Pickwick's intentions, causing a duel challenge.
Dowler
minor
Also known as Dowler, Mr. Dowler, the valorous Dowler
A blustering and cowardly military man who travels with the Pickwickians.
Mrs. Dowler
minor
Also known as Mrs. Dowler
Dowler's meek wife.
Angelo Cyrus Bantam
minor
Also known as Angelo Cyrus Bantam, Bantam, Angelo Bantam, Mr. Bantam
The Master of the Ceremonies at the Bath assembly rooms.
Dowager Lady Snuphanuph
minor
Also known as Dowager Lady Snuphanuph, Lady Snuphanuph
A haughty aristocratic lady at Bath.
Colonel Bulder
minor
Also known as Colonel Bulder, Mrs. Colonel Bulder
A military man and his wife, encountered at Bath.
Solomon Pell
minor
Also known as Mr. Solomon Pell, Mr. Pell, Pell, Solomon Pell
A seedy lawyer who handles legal matters for the Wellers.
Mr. Jackson
minor
Also known as Mr. Jackson, Jackson, the dexterous Mr. Jackson
A clerk from Dodson and Fogg, who serves papers on Mr. Pickwick.
Serjeant Buzfuz
minor
Also known as Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz, Serjeant Buzfuz
The bombastic barrister who prosecutes Mrs. Bardell's case against Pickwick.
Serjeant Snubbin
minor
Also known as Serjeant Snubbin, Snubbin, Mr. Serjeant Snubbin, the Serjeant
Mr. Pickwick's defense barrister at the trial.
Justice Stareleigh
minor
Also known as Mr. Justice Stareleigh
The irritable and deaf judge presiding over the Bardell vs. Pickwick trial.
Mrs. Cluppins
minor
Also known as Mrs. Cluppins, little Mrs. Cluppins
A witness for Mrs. Bardell, who testifies at the trial.
Mrs. Sanders
minor
Also known as Mrs. Sanders
Another witness for Mrs. Bardell at the trial.
Tom Roker
minor
Also known as Mr. Tom Roker, Mr. Roker, Roker, Thomas
The turnkey at the Fleet Prison, who oversees Mr. Pickwick's incarceration.
Smangle
minor
Also known as Smangle, Mr. Smangle, the dashing Mr. Smangle
A flashy and unscrupulous debtor in the Fleet Prison.
Mivins
minor
Also known as Mivins, Mr. Mivins
A friendly and eccentric fellow prisoner in the Fleet.
Jack Bamber
minor
Also known as Jack Bamber, old Jack Bamber
An old debtor in the Fleet who tells ghostly stories.
Mr. Lowten
minor
Also known as Mr. Lowten, Lowten
Mr. Perker's clerk, who assists with legal matters.
Master Bardell
minor
Also known as Master Bardell, Tommy, Tom, Bardell, Mr. Bardell, Master Thomas Bardell
Mrs. Bardell's young son, who is used as a prop in the trial.
Gabriel Grub
minor
Also known as old Gabriel Grub, Gabriel Grub, Gabriel
A surly sexton who is reformed by a supernatural Christmas vision.
Nathaniel Pipkin
minor
Also known as Nathaniel Pipkin, Mr. Pipkin, Mr. Nathaniel Pipkin, Nathaniel, Pipkin
A timid schoolmaster who loves Maria Lobbs.
Maria Lobbs
minor
Also known as Maria Lobbs, old Lobbs, Lobbs, Maria
The niece of Old Lobbs, who marries Nathaniel Pipkin.
Old Lobbs
minor
Also known as Old Lobbs, Mr. Lobbs
A stern old man who opposes his niece's marriage to Pipkin.
Grummer
minor
Also known as Grummer, Mr. Grummer, the portly Grummer, Daniel Grummer
A bumbling police officer who attempts to arrest Mr. Pickwick.
Muzzle
minor
Also known as Muzzle, The obsequious Muzzle, Mr. Muzzle, the wily Mr. Muzzle
Mr. Nupkins' obsequious and scheming butler.
Mr. Jinks
minor
Also known as Send Mr. Jinks, Mr. Jinks, The hungry-looking Jinks, Jinks
Mr. Nupkins' clerk, who is perpetually hungry and nervous.
Mrs. Raddle
minor
Also known as Mrs. Raddle, Raddle
Bob Sawyer's landlady, a fierce and demanding woman.
Mr. Raddle
minor
Also known as Mr. Raddle, the luckless Mr. Raddle
Mrs. Raddle's henpecked husband.
Ben Allen
minor
Also known as Ben Allen
Alternate name for Benjamin Allen, Arabella's brother.
Jack Hopkins
minor
Also known as Jack Hopkins, Jack, Hopkins
A medical student and friend of Bob Sawyer.
Mr. Trundle
minor
Also known as Mr. Trundle, Trundle, young Trundle
A young man who marries Isabella Wardle.
Mrs. Trundle
minor
Also known as Mrs. Trundle
Isabella Wardle after her marriage to Mr. Trundle.
Captain Boldwig
minor
Also known as Captain Boldwig, little Captain Boldwig, the great Captain Boldwig, Boldwig
A irascible landowner who finds Mr. Pickwick asleep in a wheelbarrow.
Mr. Phunky
minor
Also known as Mr. Phunky, Phunky, the unfortunate Mr. Phunky
A junior barrister assisting Serjeant Snubbin at the trial.
Mr. Skimpin
minor
Also known as Mr. Skimpin
A junior barrister assisting Serjeant Buzfuz at the trial.
Mr. Wicks
minor
Also known as Mr. Wicks, Wicks
A clerk at Dodson and Fogg's office.
Mr. Mallard
minor
Also known as Mr. Mallard
A clerk at Serjeant Snubbin's chambers.
John Smauker
minor
Also known as John, Mr. John Smauker, John Smauker, Mr. Smauker, Smauker
A servant to a gentleman in Bath, who befriends Sam Weller.
Mr. Whiffers
minor
Also known as Mr. Whiffers
A gentleman encountered at Bath.
Mr. Gunter
minor
Also known as Mr. Gunter
A gentleman at the Bath assembly rooms.
Mr. Crushton
minor
Also known as the Honourable Mr. Crushton, Mr. Crushton, the obsequious Mr. Crushton
A fawning gentleman at Bath.
Mr. Leo Hunter
minor
Also known as Mr. Leo Hunter, Mr. Hunter
Husband of Mrs. Leo Hunter, a host at Eatanswill.
Mrs. Leo Hunter
minor
Also known as Permit Mrs. Leo Hunter, Mrs. Leo Hunter, Mrs. Hunter, the gratified Mrs. Leo Hunter
A literary hostess in Eatanswill who writes odes.
Count Smorltork
minor
Also known as Count Smorltork, Count
A foreign count attending Mrs. Leo Hunter's party.
Slurk
minor
Also known as Slurk, Mr. Slurk
Editor of the rival Eatanswill newspaper, the Gazette.
Mr. Blotton
minor
Also known as Mr. Blotton, Blotton, the presumptuous Blotton
A member of the Pickwick Club who questions Mr. Pickwick's authorship.
Joseph Smiggers
minor
Also known as Joseph Smiggers, Esq, Joe, Joseph
The secretary of the Pickwick Club.
Mr. Miller
minor
Also known as Mr. Miller, Miller, the crestfallen Miller
A member of the Pickwick Club.
Mr. Seymour
minor
Also known as Mr. Seymour
A member of the Pickwick Club.
Heyling
minor
Also known as Heyling, Mr. Heyling
A vengeful man who tells a story of his ruined life in the Fleet.
Martin
minor
Also known as Martin, Mr. Martin
A turnkey at the Fleet Prison.
Dubbley
minor
Also known as Dubbley, Mr. Dubbley
A police officer who assists Grummer.
Namby
minor
Also known as Namby, Mr. Namby
A friend of Mr. Perker's, encountered at the trial.
Mr. Price
minor
Also known as Price, Mr. Price
A fellow prisoner in the Fleet.
Mr. Simpson
minor
Also known as Simpson, Mr. Simpson
A fellow prisoner in the Fleet.
Mr. Raddle
minor
Also known as Mr. Raddle
A debtor in the Fleet Prison.
Mrs. Pell
minor
Also known as Mrs. Pell, Pell
Solomon Pell's wife.
Mr. Winkle Sr.
minor
Also known as Mr. Winkle
Nathaniel Winkle's father, who disapproves of his son's marriage.
Mrs. Winkle
minor
Also known as Mrs. Winkle, Mrs. Nathaniel Winkle
Arabella Allen after her marriage to Nathaniel Winkle.
Mr. Edward Chapman
minor
Also known as Mr. Edward Chapman
A publisher mentioned in the preface.
Samuel Slumkey
minor
Also known as The Honourable Samuel Slumkey, Sam, Mr. Slumkey, Slumkey, Honourable Mr. Samuel Slumkey
A parliamentary candidate in Eatanswill.
Horatio Fizkin
minor
Also known as Horatio Fizkin, Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, Fizkin, Mr. Fizkin
The rival parliamentary candidate in Eatanswill.
Mr. Porkenham
minor
Also known as Mr. Sidney Porkenham, old Porkenham
A gentleman with marriageable daughters.
The Misses Porkenham
minor
Also known as the Misses Porkenhams, the Porkenhams
The Porkenham daughters, who are interested in Mr. Winkle.
Mr. Grunt
minor
Also known as Mr. Grunt
A guest at the Porkenhams' party.
Captain Fitz-Marshall
minor
Also known as Captain Fitz-Marshall, Fitz-Marshall, Mr. Charles Fitz-Marshall, Charles, Charley
An alias used by Alfred Jingle in Bath.
Lady Clubber
minor
Also known as Lady Clubber
Wife of Sir Thomas Clubber, a Bath socialite.
