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Charles
Dickens created characters with some of the most memorable
(and sometimes silly) names in literary history. Here is a
(non all-inclusive) list of them. (side note: just about any
of these would make a good band name-- can't you see it now...
Hannibal Chollop tonight at the Roxy!)
Male
Character |
Book
Found In |
Female
Character |
Book
Found In |
Abel
Garland |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Abbey
Potterson |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Abel
Magwich |
Great
Expectations |
Ada
Clare |
Bleak
House |
Adolphus
Tetterby |
the
Haunted Man |
Affery
Flintwinch |
Little
Dorrit |
Alexandre
Manette, Dr. |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Agnes
Fleming |
Oliver
Twist |
Alfred
Heathfield |
the
Battle of Life |
Agnes
Wickfield |
David
Copperfield |
Alfred
Jingle |
Pickwick
Papers |
Alice
Brown Marwood |
Dombey
and Son |
Alfred
Lammle |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Amy
Dorrit |
Little
Dorrit |
Alfred
Mantalini |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Anastasia
Veneering |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Allan
Woodcourt |
Bleak
House |
Anne
Chickenstalker |
the
Chimes |
Anthony
Chuzzlewit |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Annie
Strong |
David
Copperfield |
Anthony
Jeddler |
the
Battle of Life |
Arabella
Allen |
Pickwick
Papers |
Arthur
Clennam |
Little
Dorrit |
Bella
Wilfer |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Arthur
Gride |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Belle |
A
Christmas Carol |
Arthur
Havisham |
Great
Expectations |
Bertha
Plummer |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
Augustus
Folair (Tommy) |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Betsy
(Bet) |
Oliver
Twist |
Augustus
Snodgrass |
Pickwick
Papers |
Betsy
Prig |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Barkis |
David
Copperfield |
Betsy
Quilp |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Betsy
Trotwood |
David
Copperfield |
Bayham
Badger |
Bleak
House |
Betty
Higden |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Bazzard |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Biddy |
Great
Expectations |
Benjamin
Allen |
Pickwick
Papers |
Caroline
"Caddy" Jellyby |
Bleak
House |
Benjamin
Bailey |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Charity
Pecksniff "Cherry" |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Bentley
Drummle |
Great
Expectations |
Charlotte
Neckett "Charley" |
Bleak
House |
Bill
Sikes |
Oliver
Twist |
Clara
Barley |
Great
Expectations |
Bitzer |
Hard
Times |
Clara
Copperfield |
David
Copperfield |
Blathers |
Oliver
Twist |
Clara
Peggotty |
David
Copperfield |
Bob
Cratchit |
A
Christmas Carol |
Clarissa
Spenlow |
David
Copperfield |
Bob
Sawyer |
Pickwick
Papers |
Clemency
Newcome |
the
Battle of Life |
Bradley
Headstone |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Cleopatra
Skewton |
Dombey
and Son |
Brownlow |
Oliver
Twist |
Clickett |
David
Copperfield |
Bucket |
Bleak
House |
Cornelia
Blimber |
Dombey
and Son |
Bumble |
Oliver
Twist |
Defarge,
Madame |
a
Tale of Two Cities |
Caleb
Plummer |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
Dolly
Varden |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Canon
Crisparkle |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Dora
Copperfield |
David
Copperfield |
Charles
Bates |
Oliver
Twist |
Dora
Spenlow |
David
Copperfield |
Charles
Cheeryble |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Edith
Granger |
Dombey
and Son |
Charles
Darnay |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Emily |
David
Copperfield |
Charles
Mell |
David
Copperfield |
Emma
Haredale |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Charlie
Hexam |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Emma
Micawber |
David
Copperfield |
Chevy
Slyme |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Emma
Peecher |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Christopher
Casby |
Little
Dorrit |
Estella |
Great
Expectations |
Clarence
Barnacle |
Little
Dorrit |
Esther
Summerson |
Bleak
House |
Clarriker |
Great
Expectations |
Fan |
A
Christmas Carol |
Compeyson |
Great
Expectations |
Fanny
Cleaver |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Creakle |
David
Copperfield |
Fanny
Dombey |
Dombey
and Son |
Daniel
Doyce |
Little
Dorrit |
Fanny
Dorrit |
Little
Dorrit |
Daniel
Peggotty |
David
Copperfield |
Fanny
Squeers |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Daniel
Quilp |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Flopson |
Great
Expectations |
David
Copperfield |
David
Copperfield |
Flora
Finching |
Little
Dorrit |
David
Crimple "Crimp" |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Florence
Dombey |
Dombey
and Son |
Decimus
Tite Barnacle |
Little
Dorrit |
Good
Mrs. Brown |
Dombey
and Son |
Dick
Datchery |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Grace
Jeddler |
the
Battle of Life |
Dick
Swiveller |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Harriet
Carker |
Dombey
and Son |
Dolge
Orlick |
Great
Expectations |
Helena
Landless |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Dr.
Slammer |
Pickwick
Papers |
Henrietta
Boffin |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Duff |
Oliver
Twist |
Henrietta
Petowker |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Durdles |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Honoria
Dedlock, Lady |
Bleak
House |
Ebenezer
Scrooge |
A
Christmas Carol |
Hortense |
Bleak
House |
Edmund
Longford |
the
Haunted Man |
Isabella
Wardle |
Pickwick
Papers |
Edmund
Sparkler |
Little
Dorrit |
Jane
Murdstone |
David
Copperfield |
Edward
"Tip" Dorrit |
Little
Dorrit |
Janet |
David
Copperfield |
Edward
Chester |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Jemima
Bilberry |
Little
Dorrit |
Edward
Leeford (Monks) |
Oliver
Twist |
Jenny |
Bleak
House |
Edward
Murdstone |
David
Copperfield |
Jenny
Wren |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Edward
Plummer |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
Julia
Mills |
David
Copperfield |
Edwin
"Ned" Cheeryble |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Kate
Nickelby |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Edwin
Drood |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Lavinia
Spenlow |
David
Copperfield |
Elijah
Pogram |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Lavinia
Wilfer |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Ephraim
Flintwinch |
Little
Dorrit |
Lillian |
the
Chimes |
Ernest
Defarge |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Liz |
Bleak
House |
Eugene
Wrayburn |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Lizzie
Hexam |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Fagin |
Oliver
Twist |
Louisa
Chick |
Dombey
and Son |
Fezziwig |
A
Christmas Carol |
Louisa
Gradgrind |
Hard
Times |
Filer |
the
Chimes |
Lucie
Manette |
a
Tale of Two Cities |
Fledgeby
"Fascination" |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Lucretia
Tox |
Dombey
and Son |
Francis
Spenlow |
David
Copperfield |
Madeline
Bray |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Frank
Cheeryble |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Maggy |
Little
Dorrit |
Frank
Milvey, Reverend |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Malta
Bagnet |
Bleak
House |
Fred |
A
Christmas Carol |
Marchioness,
the |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Fred
Trent |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Marion
Jeddler |
the
Battle of Life |
Frederick
Verisopht, Lord |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Martha
Bardell |
Pickwick
Papers |
Gabriel
Varden |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Martha
Endell |
David
Copperfield |
Gaffer
Hexam |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Martha
Jeddler |
the
Battle of Life |
Gashford |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Martha
Varden |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Gaspard |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Mary
Anne |
David
Copperfield |
General
Cyrus Choke |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Mary
Graham |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Geoffrey
Haredale |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Mary
Graham |
Pickwick
Papers |
George
Radfoot |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Mary
Peerybingle "Dot" |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
George
Rouncewell |
Bleak
House |
Mary
Rudge |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Grainger |
David
Copperfield |
Matilda
Price |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Grewgious |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
May
Fielding |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
Gridley |
Bleak
House |
Meg
(Margaret) |
the
Chimes |
Ham
Peggotty |
David
Copperfield |
Mercy
Pecksniff "Merry" |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Hamilton
Veneering |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Miggs |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Hannibal
Chollop |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Millers |
Great
Expectations |
Harold
Skimpole |
Bleak
House |
Milly
Swidger |
the
Haunted Man |
Harry
Maylie |
Oliver
Twist |
Miss
Havisham |
Great
Expectations |
Henry
Gowan |
Little
Dorrit |
Molly |
Great
Expectations |
Henry
Wititterly |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Mrs.
Hominy |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Herbert
Pocket |
Great
Expectations |
Nelly
Trent |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Hugh |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Ninetta
Crummles |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Jack
Bunsby |
Dombey
and Son |
Peg
Sliderskew |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Jack
Dawkins |
Oliver
Twist |
Pet
Meagles |
Little
Dorrit |
Jack
Maldon |
David
Copperfield |
Pleasant
Riderhood |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Jacob
Marley |
A
Christmas Carol |
Polly
Toodle |
Dombey
and Son |
Jaggers |
Great
Expectations |
Rachael |
Hard
Times |
James
Carker |
Dombey
and Son |
Rachael,
Mrs. |
Bleak
House |
James
Harthouse |
Hard
Times |
Rosa |
Bleak
House |
James
Steerforth |
David
Copperfield |
Rosa
Bud |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Jarvis
Lorry |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Rosa
Dartle |
David
Copperfield |
Jefferson
Brick |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Rose
Maylie |
Oliver
Twist |
Jeremiah
Flintwinch |
Little
Dorrit |
Ruth
Pinch |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Jerry
Cruncher |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Sairey
Gamp |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Jo |
Bleak
House |
Sally
Brass |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
Job
Trotter |
Pickwick
Papers |
Sally
Tetterby |
the
Haunted Man |
Joe
(the Fat Boy) |
Pickwick
Papers |
Sally,
Old |
Oliver
Twist |
Joe
Gargery |
Great
Expectations |
Sissy
Jupe |
Hard
Times |
Joe
Willet |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Sophia
Tetterby |
the
Haunted Man |
John
Baptist Cavaletto |
Little
Dorrit |
Sophie
Wackles |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
John
Barsad |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
Sophronia
Lammle |
Our
Mutual Friend |
John
Browdie |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
Sophy
Crewler |
David
Copperfield |
John
Chivery |
Little
Dorrit |
Spottletoe,
Mrs. |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
John
Grueby |
Barnaby
Rudge |
Susan
Nipper |
Dombey
and Son |
John
Harmon |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Tattycoram
(Harriet Beadle) |
Little
Dorrit |
John
Jarndyce |
Bleak
House |
Ticket,
Mrs. |
Little
Dorrit |
John
Jasper |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
Tilly
Slowboy |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
John
Peerybingle |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
Todgers,
Mrs. |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
John
Podsnap |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Twinkleton,
Miss |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
John
Rokesmith |
Our
Mutual Friend |
Vengeance,
the |
a
Tale of Two Cities |
John
Wemmick |
Great
Expectations |
Volumnia
Dedlock |
Bleak
House |
John
Westlock |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Wade,
Miss |
Little
Dorrit |
Johnny
Tetterby |
the
Haunted Man |
Whimple,
Mrs. |
Great
Expectations |
Jonas
Chuzzlewit |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Jorkins |
David
Copperfield |
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Josiah
Bounderby |
Hard
Times |
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Julius
Handford |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Kenge |
Bleak
House |
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Kit
Nubbles |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
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Krook |
Bleak
House |
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Langdale |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Lewsome |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Littimer |
David
Copperfield |
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Lowten |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Luke
Honeythunder |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
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Mark
Tapley |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Markham |
David
Copperfield |
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Marquis
de St Evremonde |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Martin
Chuzzlewit |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Matthew
Pocket |
Great
Expectations |
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M'Choakumchild |
Hard
Times |
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Mealy
Potatoes |
David
Copperfield |
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Michael
Warden |
the
Battle of Life |
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Mick
Walker |
David
Copperfield |
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Montigue
Tigg |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Mortimer
Lightwood |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Mould |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Nadgett |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Nathaniel
Winkle |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Native,
the |
Dombey
and Son |
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Neckett |
Bleak
House |
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Ned
Dennis |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Nemo |
Bleak
House |
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Neville
Landless |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
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Newman
Noggs |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Nicholas
Nickelby |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Noah
Claypole |
Oliver
Twist |
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Noddy
Boffin |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Old
Bill Barley |
Great
Expectations |
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Oliver
Twist |
Oliver
Twist |
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Pancks |
Little
Dorrit |
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Paul
Dombey |
Dombey
and Son |
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Paul
Sweedlepipe |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Perch |
Dombey
and Son |
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Perker |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Peter
Magnus |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Phil
Parkes |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Phil
Squod |
Bleak
House |
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Philip
Swidger |
the
Haunted Man |
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Pip
(Pirrip, Phillip) |
Great
Expectations |
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Prince
Turveydrop |
Bleak
House |
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Pumblechook |
Great
Expectations |
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Quebec
Bagnet |
Bleak
House |
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Quinion |
David
Copperfield |
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Ralph
Nickelby |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Redlaw |
the
Haunted Man |
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Reginald
Wilfer |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Reuben
Haredale |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Riah |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Richard |
the
Chimes |
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Richard
Carstone |
Bleak
House |
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Rigaud
(Blandois, Lagnier) |
Little
Dorrit |
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Rob
the Grinder |
Dombey
and Son |
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Roger
Cly |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Rogue
Riderhood |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Sampson
Brass |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
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Samuel
Pickwick |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Samuel
Weller |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Serjeant
Buzfuz |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Seth
Pecksniff |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Silas
Wegg |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Simon
Tappertit |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Sir
John Fielding |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Sir
Mulberry Hawk |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Sleary |
Hard
Times |
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Sloppy |
Our
Mutual Friend |
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Slurk,
Mr. |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Smalweed |
Bleak
House |
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Smike |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Snagsby |
Bleak
House |
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Snawley |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Snitchey
and Craggs |
the
Battle of Life |
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Soloman
Daisy |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Soloman
Gills |
Dombey
and Son |
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Soloman
Pross |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Solomon
Pell |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Stagg |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Startop |
Great
Expectations |
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Stephen
Blackpool |
Hard
Times |
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Stiggins,
Reverend |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Stryver |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Sydney
Carton |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Tackleton |
Cricket
on the Hearth |
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Tartar |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
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Theophile
Gabelle |
A
Tale of Two Cities |
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Thomas
Gradgrind |
Hard
Times |
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Thomas
Lenville |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Thomas
Plornish |
Little
Dorrit |
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Thomas
Sapsea |
Mystery
of Edwin Drood |
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Tim
Linkinwater |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Tiny
Tim Cratchit |
A
Christmas Carol |
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Tite
Barnacle |
Little
Dorrit |
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Toby
"Trotty" Veck |
the
Chimes |
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Tom
Cobb |
Barnaby
Rudge |
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Tom
Pinch |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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Tom
Scott |
Old
Curiosity Shop |
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Tommy
Traddles |
David
Copperfield |
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Tony
(Weevle) Jobling |
Bleak
House |
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Tony
Weller |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Toots |
Dombey
and Son |
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Trabb |
Great
Expectations |
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Tracy
Tupman |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Tulkinghorn |
Bleak
House |
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Tungay |
David
Copperfield |
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Uriah
Heep |
David
Copperfield |
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Vholes |
Bleak
House |
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Vincent
Crummles |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Wackford
Squeers |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Walter
Bray |
Nicholas
Nickelby |
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Walter
Gay |
Dombey
and Son |
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Wardle |
Pickwick
Papers |
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Watt |
Bleak
House |
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Wilkins
Micawber |
David
Copperfield |
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Will
Fern |
the
Chimes |
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William
Dorrit |
Little
Dorrit |
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William
Guppy |
Bleak
House |
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William
Swidger |
the
Haunted Man |
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Woolwich
Bagnet |
Bleak
House |
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Wopsle |
Great
Expectations |
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Zephaniah
Scadde |
Martin
Chuzzlewit |
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