Here is our cast of characters: I'll be updating as we go along
Unnamed narrator: introduces us to our story and characters
Nell Trent: 14 years old; a fairy like pretty child who lives with her grandfather and looks after him
Nell’s grandfather: unnamed; claims to love Nell and wants to provide for her but has lost all at the gaming table and is in debt to the odious Danial Quilp
Fred Trent: Nell’s older brother; his only concern seems getting money from his grandfather
Dick Swiveller: Fred’s friend; hard up for money; in debt upto his ears; falls in with Fred’s schemes
Daniel Quilp: money lender; landlord; sadistic in his treatment of his wife and violent with his employees
Mrs Betsy Quilp: Daniel Quilp’s wife; pretty, mild-spoken, blue-eyed; has chosen Quilp herself and is now paying the price
Mrs Jiniwin: Mrs Quilp’s mother
Kit Nubbles: young boy who works at Nell’s grandfather’s shop;
Mrs Nubbles: Kit's mother; takes in washing and ironing
Miss Sophy Wackles: 20 years old; runs a school (teaches writing, arithmetic, dance, music, and general fascination); Dick Swiveller’s love interest
Miss Melissa Wackles: her sister; teaches English composition, grammar, geography and the use of dumbbells
Miss Jane Wackles: another sister; teaches needle work, marking and sampler
Mrs Wackles: their mother; in-charge corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors
Mr Brass: Quilp's cringing attorney
Thomas Codlin and Harris (Short Trotters): Performers of a Punch and Judy show
Unnamed narrator: introduces us to our story and characters
Nell Trent: 14 years old; a fairy like pretty child who lives with her grandfather and looks after him
Nell’s grandfather: unnamed; claims to love Nell and wants to provide for her but has lost all at the gaming table and is in debt to the odious Danial Quilp
Fred Trent: Nell’s older brother; his only concern seems getting money from his grandfather
Dick Swiveller: Fred’s friend; hard up for money; in debt upto his ears; falls in with Fred’s schemes
Daniel Quilp: money lender; landlord; sadistic in his treatment of his wife and violent with his employees
Mrs Betsy Quilp: Daniel Quilp’s wife; pretty, mild-spoken, blue-eyed; has chosen Quilp herself and is now paying the price
Mrs Jiniwin: Mrs Quilp’s mother
Kit Nubbles: young boy who works at Nell’s grandfather’s shop;
Mrs Nubbles: Kit's mother; takes in washing and ironing
Miss Sophy Wackles: 20 years old; runs a school (teaches writing, arithmetic, dance, music, and general fascination); Dick Swiveller’s love interest
Miss Melissa Wackles: her sister; teaches English composition, grammar, geography and the use of dumbbells
Miss Jane Wackles: another sister; teaches needle work, marking and sampler
Mrs Wackles: their mother; in-charge corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors
Mr Brass: Quilp's cringing attorney
Thomas Codlin and Harris (Short Trotters): Performers of a Punch and Judy show
Grinder's lot: stilt performers
Jerry and his dancing dogs