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Old Joe
A grey-haired dealer in rags, bones and second-hand goods in a shabby back street.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
A silent, hooded Phantom in black. It never speaks — it only points.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchit's frail, cheerful youngest son, who walks with a crutch.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Mrs Cratchit
Bob's brave, busy wife, who makes a poor Christmas feel rich.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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The Ghost of Christmas Present
A jolly giant in a green robe who spreads Christmas cheer with his torch.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Belle
The young woman Scrooge once loved, who sees him changing.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Mr Fezziwig
Scrooge's jolly old master, who throws a famous Christmas Eve ball for his workers.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Fan
Scrooge's loving little sister, who comes to bring him home from school.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
A strange, gentle Spirit, like a child and an old man at once, with light shining from its head.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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The Portly Gentleman
A kindly gentleman collecting money for the poor at Christmas.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Bob Cratchit
Scrooge's poorly paid, patient clerk and a devoted family man.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Fred
Scrooge's warm-hearted nephew, who never stops inviting his uncle to Christmas dinner.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Jacob Marley's Ghost
The ghost of Scrooge's dead partner, bound in a chain he forged in life.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Ebenezer Scrooge
A rich, cold-hearted London miser who thinks Christmas is humbug.
A Christmas Carol · Charles Dickens
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Mr Kirwin
A kind, fair-minded old magistrate in a small town on the coast of Ireland.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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Safie
A brave young Arabian woman who travels far to find the man she loves.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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Agatha De Lacey
A gentle young woman who keeps house and tenderly cares for her blind father.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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Felix De Lacey
A hard-working, often sorrowful young man who supports his blind father and sister.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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Old De Lacey
A blind, gentle old man living in poverty with his children in a forest cottage.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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M. Krempe
A gruff, blunt professor of natural philosophy who has no patience for alchemy.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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M. Waldman
A kind professor of chemistry at Ingolstadt whose lecture changes Victor's life.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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Ernest Frankenstein
Victor's younger brother, once a sickly child, now strong and fond of the outdoors.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus · Mary Shelley
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