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Pip: The protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations, Pip begins the story as a young orphan boy being raised by his sister and brother-in-law in the marsh country of Kent, in the southeast of England.

Miss Havisham: A wealthy, eccentric old woman who lives in a manor called Satis House near Pip’s village.

Estella: Miss Havisham’s beautiful young adopted daughter.

Abel Magwitch (“The Convict”): A criminal whom Pip first encounters in the cemetary where his family are buried.

Joe Gargery: Pip’s brother-in-law, the village blacksmith.

Jaggers: A powerful, foreboding lawyer who becomes Pip's guardian.

Herbert Pocket: Pip first meets Herbert Pocket in the garden of Satis House, when, as a pale young gentleman, Herbert challenges him to a fight. Years later, they meet again in London, and Herbert becomes Pip’s best friend and companion.

Wemmick: Jaggers’s clerk and Pip’s friend.

Biddy: A simple, kind-hearted country girl.

Dolge Orlick: Joe's journeyman, Orlick is a slouching, oafish embodiment of evil. He is malicious and shrewd, hurting people simply because he enjoys it.

Mrs. Joe: Pip’s sister and Joe’s wife, known only as “Mrs. Joe” throughout the novel. Mrs. Joe is a stern and overbearing figure to both Pip and Joe. She keeps a spotless household and frequently menaces her husband and her brother with her cane, which she calls “Tickler.”

Uncle Pumblechook: Joe's pompous, arrogant uncle. A merchant obsessed with money and a hypocrite.

Compeyson: A criminal and the former partner of Magwitch, Compeyson is an educated, gentlemanly swindler and cheat.

Bentley Drummle: An oafish, unpleasant young man who attends tutoring sessions with Pip at the Pockets’ house

Molly: Jaggers’s housekeeper.

Mr.. Wopsle: The church clerk in Pip’s country town; Mr. Wopsle’s aunt is the local schoolteacher. Later, Mr. Wopsle moves to London and becomes an actor.

Startop: A friend of Pip’s and Herbert’s.

Miss Skiffins: Wemmick’s beloved, and eventual wife.