Characters

Bleak House

Published 1852–1853

Scene: London and the Country

Time: 1832 to 1852

Mr. Jarndyce Master of Bleak House

Mr. Boythorn His friend

Sir Leicester Dedlock An aged nobleman

Mr. Boythorn's neighbor

Lady Dedlock His wife

Mr. Tulkinghorn His lawyer

Captain Hawdon A dissipated and poverty-stricken copyist
in London, known as "Nemo"

Esther Summerson Mr. Jarndyce's ward

In reality a daughter of Captain Hawdon and Lady Dedlock

Ada Clare
Richard Carstone Wards of Mr. Jarndyce

Vholes Richard's lawyer

Mrs. Rouncewell Sir Leicester's housekeeper

"Mr. George" Proprietor of a London shooting-gallery

Her son

Hortense Lady Dedlock's French maid

Miss Flite A little, old, demented woman

Mrs. Jellyby A lady greatly interested in the welfare
of the heathen

Caddy Jellyby Her daughter

Harold Skimpole A trifler with life, preferring to
live at other people's expense

Allan Woodcourt A young surgeon

Grandfather Smallweed A money-lender

Mrs. Smallweed His crazy wife

Mr. Turveydrop The proprietor of a dancing school
and a model of deportment

Prince Turveydrop His son. Later, Caddy's husband

Joe A crossing sweeper

Krook A dealer in rags and old bottles

"Lady Jane" His cat