Charles Dickens characters

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Chapters: A Christmas Carol characters, A Tale of Two Cities characters, David Copperfield characters, Great Expectations characters, Martin Chuzzlewit characters, Oliver Twist characters, Uriah Heep, Ebenezer Scrooge, Wilkins Micawber, Artful Dodger, List of Dickensian characters, Miss Havisham, Fagin, Jacob Marley, Estella Havisham, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Abel Magwitch, Ghost of Christmas Past, The Seamstress, Nancy, Ghost of Christmas Present, Bernard-René de Launay, Monks, Mr. Brownlow, Bill Sikes, Bob Cratchit, Rose Maylie, James Steerforth, John Wemmick, Alexandre Manette, Edward Murdstone, Gradgrind, Joseph Foullon de Doué, Sydney Carton, Betsey Trotwood, C.J. Stryver, Peggotty, Fezziwig, Tiny Tim, Ernest Defarge, Charles Darnay, John Barsad, Marquis St. Evrémonde, Mark Tapley, Alfred Jingle, Lucie Manette, Jerry Cruncher, Madame Defarge, Miss Pross, Charley Bates, Sam Weller, Compeyson, Dora Spenlow, Jarvis Lorry, Jefferson Brick. Excerpt: This is a list of characters in the works of Charles Dickens. Contents: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Charles Dickens receiving his characters, drawing by William Holbrook Beard (1824-1900) Newman Noggs and Kate Nickleby - Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge is the principal character in Charles Dickens's 1843 novel, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novel, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight-fisted and greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which give people happiness. Dickens describes him thus: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice ..." His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy, traits displayed by Scrooge in the exaggerated manner for which Dickens is well-known. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday. Scrooge's catchphrase, "Bah, humbug!" is often used to express disgust with many of the modern Christmas traditions. Several theories have been put forward as to where Dickens got the inspiration for the character. The story of A Christmas Carol starts on Christmas Eve, with Scrooge at his place of business. The book says that Scrooge lives in London, England. Charles Dickens refers to Scrooge as "...a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!" It is usually assumed that he is a banker or professional money lender. Some recent versions portray him as a solicitor. Whatever his main business is, he seems to have usurious relationships with people of little means. These relationships, along with his lack of charity and shabby treatment of his clerk, Bob Cratchit, seem to be his major vices. His nephew however, has grea