Dolge Orlick
Joe's sullen journeyman at the forge, who resents Pip.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Mr Jaggers
A formidable London criminal lawyer who trusts nothing but evidence.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Estella
A beautiful, scornful girl raised by Miss Havisham at Satis House.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Miss Havisham
A rich, strange recluse who still wears her wedding dress in a house where every clock has stopped.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Biddy
A clever, kind orphan girl who helps run the village evening school.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Mr Wopsle
The parish clerk with a booming voice who dreams of the stage.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Uncle Pumblechook
Joe's pompous uncle, a seed merchant who loves to lecture and take credit.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Abel Magwitch
A starving convict in grey, escaped from the prison ships, who seizes Pip in the churchyard.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Mrs Joe Gargery
Pip's older sister, who never lets anyone forget that she brought him up 'by hand'.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Joe Gargery
The village blacksmith: huge, gentle, and Pip's truest friend.
Great Expectations · Charles Dickens
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Pip
An orphan boy from the Kentish marshes, raised 'by hand' by his sister and her blacksmith husband.
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Rosamond Oliver
The cheerful, beautiful heiress of Morton, who brightens every room.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Mary Rivers
The quieter Rivers sister, gentle and thoughtful.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Diana Rivers
St John's warm, spirited sister, who takes Jane in like family.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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St John Rivers
A handsome, ambitious young clergyman who dreams of missionary work.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Richard Mason
A nervous, polite visitor from the West Indies with ties to Mr Rochester's past.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Blanche Ingram
A dazzling, haughty society beauty whom everyone expects Mr Rochester to marry.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Grace Poole
A silent servant on Thornfield's third storey, blamed for the house's strange noises.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Edward Rochester
The moody, sharp-tongued master of Thornfield Hall.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Adèle Varens
Mr Rochester's lively little French ward, who loves dresses and songs.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Mrs Fairfax
The kindly, chatty housekeeper of Thornfield Hall.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Miss Temple
The kind, dignified superintendent of Lowood school.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Helen Burns
A gentle, thoughtful Lowood pupil who believes in patience and forgiveness.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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Mr Brocklehurst
The stern clergyman who runs Lowood school and preaches hardship for others.
Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë
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