# The Pickwick Papers — Character guide

> Key figures in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

- [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick.md): Founder and chairman of the Pickwick Club, whose travels and misadventures drive the novel.
- [Sam Weller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/sam_weller.md): Mr. Pickwick's witty and loyal manservant, who becomes his closest companion.
- [Nathaniel Winkle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/nathaniel_inkle.md): A member of the Pickwick Club, known for his ineptitude at sports and romantic entanglements.
- [Tracy Tupman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/tracy_tupman.md): A romantic and susceptible member of the Pickwick Club, often pursuing love interests.
- [Augustus Snodgrass](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/augustus_snodgrass.md): The poetic member of the Pickwick Club, who eventually marries Emily Wardle.
- [Alfred Jingle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/alfred_jingle.md): A charming but unscrupulous con man who repeatedly causes trouble for the Pickwickians.
- [Job Trotter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/job_trotter.md): Jingle's cunning and duplicitous servant, who aids his master's schemes.
- [Mr. Wardle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/wardle.md): A jovial country gentleman and friend of Mr. Pickwick, host at Dingley Dell.
- [Emily Wardle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/emily_wardle.md): One of Mr. Wardle's daughters, who falls in love with and marries Augustus Snodgrass.
- [Isabella Wardle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/isabella_wardle.md): Mr. Wardle's eldest daughter, who marries Mr. Trundle.
- [Rachael Wardle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/rachael_wardle.md): Mr. Wardle's spinster sister, who is briefly infatuated with Jingle.
- [Bob Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/bob_sawyer.md): A boisterous and impecunious medical student and later surgeon, friend of Benjamin Allen.
- [Benjamin Allen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/benjamin_allen.md): A medical student and Arabella's brother, who wants her to marry Bob Sawyer.
- [Arabella Allen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/arabella_allen.md): Benjamin Allen's sister, who secretly marries Nathaniel Winkle.
- [Mr. Perker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/perker.md): Mr. Pickwick's shrewd and capable solicitor.
- [Mrs. Bardell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_bardell.md): Mr. Pickwick's landlady, who sues him for breach of promise of marriage.
- [Dodson and Fogg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/dodson_and_fogg.md): The unscrupulous lawyers who represent Mrs. Bardell in her lawsuit against Pickwick.
- [Mr. Pott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/pott.md): Editor of the Eatanswill Gazette, a pompous and quarrelsome newspaperman.
- [Mrs. Pott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_pott.md): Mr. Pott's domineering wife, who flirts with Mr. Winkle.
- [Mr. Stiggins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/stiggins.md): A hypocritical and drunken evangelical minister, associated with Mrs. Weller.
- [Tony Weller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/tony_weller.md): Sam Weller's father, a jovial and wise coachman.
- [Mrs. Weller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_weller.md): Tony Weller's second wife, a devout follower of Mr. Stiggins.
- [Mary](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mary.md): A pretty housemaid at Mr. Nupkins' house, who later marries Sam Weller.
- [Mr. Nupkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/nupkins.md): A pompous and self-important magistrate in Ipswich.
- [Miss Nupkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/miss_nupkins.md): The Nupkins' daughter, who is courted by Jingle.
- [Peter Magnus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/peter_magnus.md): A nervous and comical gentleman who proposes to Miss Witherfield.
- [Miss Witherfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/miss_witherfield.md): A lady who mistakes Mr. Pickwick's intentions, causing a duel challenge.
- [Dowler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/dowler.md): A blustering and cowardly military man who travels with the Pickwickians.
- [Angelo Cyrus Bantam](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/angelo_cyrus_bantam.md): The Master of the Ceremonies at the Bath assembly rooms.
- [Colonel Bulder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/colonel_bulder.md): A military man and his wife, encountered at Bath.
- [Solomon Pell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/solomon_pell.md): A seedy lawyer who handles legal matters for the Wellers.
- [Mr. Jackson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/jackson.md): A clerk from Dodson and Fogg, who serves papers on Mr. Pickwick.
- [Serjeant Buzfuz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/serjeant_buzfuz.md): The bombastic barrister who prosecutes Mrs. Bardell's case against Pickwick.
- [Serjeant Snubbin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/serjeant_snubbin.md): Mr. Pickwick's defense barrister at the trial.
- [Justice Stareleigh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/justice_stareleigh.md): The irritable and deaf judge presiding over the Bardell vs. Pickwick trial.
- [Mrs. Cluppins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_cluppins.md): A witness for Mrs. Bardell, who testifies at the trial.
- [Mrs. Sanders](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_sanders.md): Another witness for Mrs. Bardell at the trial.
- [Tom Roker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/tom_roker.md): The turnkey at the Fleet Prison, who oversees Mr. Pickwick's incarceration.
- [Smangle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/smangle.md): A flashy and unscrupulous debtor in the Fleet Prison.
- [Mivins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mivins.md): A friendly and eccentric fellow prisoner in the Fleet.
- [Jack Bamber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/jack_bamber.md): An old debtor in the Fleet who tells ghostly stories.
- [Mr. Lowten](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/lowten.md): Mr. Perker's clerk, who assists with legal matters.
- [Master Bardell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/master_bardell.md): Mrs. Bardell's young son, who is used as a prop in the trial.
- [Gabriel Grub](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/gabriel_grub.md): A surly sexton who is reformed by a supernatural Christmas vision.
- [Nathaniel Pipkin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/nathaniel_pipkin.md): A timid schoolmaster who loves Maria Lobbs.
- [Maria Lobbs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/maria_lobbs.md): The niece of Old Lobbs, who marries Nathaniel Pipkin.
- [Old Lobbs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/old_lobbs.md): A stern old man who opposes his niece's marriage to Pipkin.
- [Grummer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/grummer.md): A bumbling police officer who attempts to arrest Mr. Pickwick.
- [Muzzle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/muzzle.md): Mr. Nupkins' obsequious and scheming butler.
- [Mr. Jinks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/jinks.md): Mr. Nupkins' clerk, who is perpetually hungry and nervous.
- [Mrs. Raddle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_raddle.md): Bob Sawyer's landlady, a fierce and demanding woman.
- [Ben Allen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/ben_allen.md): Alternate name for Benjamin Allen, Arabella's brother.
- [Jack Hopkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/jack_hopkins.md): A medical student and friend of Bob Sawyer.
- [Mr. Trundle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_trundle.md): A young man who marries Isabella Wardle.
- [Mrs. Trundle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_trundle.md): Isabella Wardle after her marriage to Mr. Trundle.
- [Captain Boldwig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/captain_boldwig.md): A irascible landowner who finds Mr. Pickwick asleep in a wheelbarrow.
- [Mr. Phunky](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_phunky.md): A junior barrister assisting Serjeant Snubbin at the trial.
- [Mr. Skimpin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_skimpin.md): A junior barrister assisting Serjeant Buzfuz at the trial.
- [John Smauker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/john_smauker.md): A servant to a gentleman in Bath, who befriends Sam Weller.
- [Mr. Leo Hunter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_leo_hunter.md): Husband of Mrs. Leo Hunter, a host at Eatanswill.
- [Mrs. Leo Hunter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_leo_hunter.md): A literary hostess in Eatanswill who writes odes.
- [Count Smorltork](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/count_smorltork.md): A foreign count attending Mrs. Leo Hunter's party.
- [Slurk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/slurk.md): Editor of the rival Eatanswill newspaper, the Gazette.
- [Mr. Blotton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_blotton.md): A member of the Pickwick Club who questions Mr. Pickwick's authorship.
- [Heyling](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/heyling.md): A vengeful man who tells a story of his ruined life in the Fleet.
- [Namby](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/namby.md): A friend of Mr. Perker's, encountered at the trial.
- [Mr. Winkle Sr.](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_winkle_snr.md): Nathaniel Winkle's father, who disapproves of his son's marriage.
- [Mrs. Winkle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mrs_winkle.md): Arabella Allen after her marriage to Nathaniel Winkle.
- [Samuel Slumkey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_slumkey.md): A parliamentary candidate in Eatanswill.
- [Horatio Fizkin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/horatio_fizkin.md): The rival parliamentary candidate in Eatanswill.
- [Mr. Porkenham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/mr_porkenham.md): A gentleman with marriageable daughters.
- [The Misses Porkenham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/miss_porkenhams.md): The Porkenham daughters, who are interested in Mr. Winkle.
- [Lady Clubber](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/lady_clubber.md): Wife of Sir Thomas Clubber, a Bath socialite.

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