Mrs. Sowerberry "A short, thin, squeezed-up woman, with a vixenish [literally, fox-like] countenance, [having] a good deal of taste in the undertaking way."
Charlotte The Sowerberry's maidservant; a somewhat sloppy girl, she is "of a robust and hardy make."
Noah Claypole Charity boy employed by Sowerberry, he later joins Fagin's gang under the name of Morris Bolter. "A large-headed, small-eyed youth of lumbering make and heavy countenance."
Little Dick Oliver's companion on the infant farm, with whom he "had been beaten, and starved, and shut up."
John (Jack) Dawkins The Artful Dodger; Fagin's most esteemed pupil. A pickpocket and thief, he is a dirty "snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy . . . short of his age; with rather bowlegs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes."
Fagin The master criminal; "a very old shriveled Jew, whose villainous-looking and repulsive face was obscured by a quantity of matted red hair."
Charles Bates One of Fagin's gang; "a very sprightly" young boy given to uproarious laughter.
Betsy Member of the Fagin gang. "Not exactly pretty, perhaps; but . . . looked quite stout and hearty."
Nancy Trusted and resourceful member of Fagin's gang. Untidy and free in manner, but "there was something of the woman's original nature left in her still."
Mr. Brownlow "A very respectable-looking personage" with a heart "large enough for any six ordinary old gentlemen of humane disposition."
Mr. Fang A notorious magistrate; a "lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no great quantity of hair."
