Character List

The Bookseller "An elderly man of decent but poor appearance."

Mrs. Bedwin Brownlow's housekeeper; "a motherly old lady, very neatly and precisely dressed."

Bill Sikes A ruthless felon associated with Fagin; he is violent, and abusive, his anger likely to erupt at any moment.

Bull's-eye Sikes's dog; "a white-coated, red-eyed dog . . . having faults of temper in common with his owner." Bull's-eye eventually betrays his abusive master.

Mr. Grimwig A retired lawyer and old friend of Brownlow's. "A stout old gentleman, rather lame in one leg," he has "a strong appetite for contradiction, [although] not by any means a bad-hearted man."

Barney Waiter at the Little Saffron Hill dive. "Another Jew; younger than Fagin, but nearly as vile and repulsive in appearance.

Tom Chitling One of Fagin's creatures; a simpleton of about eighteen, with "small twinkling eyes, and a pock-marked face."

"Flash" Toby Crackit Associate of Fagin's and Sikes'; a rather flamboyant type, with "no great quantity of hair [and] a trifle above the middle size."

Mrs. Corney Matron of the workhouse where Oliver was born; she later marries Bumble.

Monks Edward Leeford, Oliver Twist's half-brother; son of Edwin Leeford and his legal wife. A tall, dark man, subject to fits of cowardice and epilepsy, he is interested in ruining Oliver's reputation.

Mr. Giles Mrs. Maylie's butler and steward. "One who labored under a very agreeable sense of his own merits and importance."


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