Characters

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Published 1843–1844

Scene: London, Neighboring Towns, New York and the Mississippi Valley

Time: 1842

Martin Chuzzlewit A young gentleman

Chuzzlewit His grandfather. A rich old man

Mary Graham Old Chuzzlewit's nurse and secretary

Jonas His grasping nephew

Chuffey An aged clerk to Jonas's father

Pecksniff An architect and hypocrite

A distant relative of Old Chuzzlewit's

Charity His daughter

Mercy His daughter. Later, Jonas's wife

Tom Pinch A charity pupil of Pecksniff's

Ruth His sister

John Westlock One of Pecksniff's former pupils

Mark Tapley An assistant at a village inn

Later, Martin's comrade in the United States

Bevan An American

Mrs. Todgers The proprietress of a London boarding-house

Montague Tigg A penniless adventurer

Later known as "Tigg Montague," and president of the
Anglo-Bengalee Company

"Sairey" Gamp A nurse

"Mrs. Harris" An imaginary friend of Sairey Gamp's

Nadgett A police spy