Study Guide

Little Dorrit Characters

By Charles Dickens

The youngest member of the Dorrit family, Amy is a 20-something woman who looks like an...

The 40-year-old son of a cold, harsh woman and a weak man, Arthur struggles to find a place for...

At first called "The Father of the Marshalsea," Dorrit is the oldest prisoner in the debtor's...

A cold and bitter woman, Mrs. Clennam has forced herself to live the life of a reclusive,...

An intelligent, hard-working inventor and engineer, Doyce is stymied by the slow, annoying ways...

Flora, Arthur Clennam's ex-fiancée, and Mr. F's Aunt, Flora's aunt-in-law, are another...

Initially Mrs. Clennam's servant, Flintwinch becomes a partner in Clennam & Co. He knows...

Henry Gowan has a devastating case of too-coolitis. He's hot, he's popular, and he's just...

Twins are huge in this novel, which is why we're analyzing Pet and her jealous maid, Tattycoram,...

It's impossible to know what to make of Meagles. The possibilities are so different that there's...

A master financier who makes everything he touches turn to metaphorical gold, Merdle turns out to...

The big bad villain of the novel. Or is he? Blandois is a spy, an acquitted murderer, a...

Alone by choice, Miss Wade is a confusing and rebellious character. Is she gay? Is she just...