He had a gold watch, and a gold curb chain with large gold seals; and he carried a pliant ebony cane with a gold top. Described, along with Westwood, second for Sir Mulberry Hawk, as Both utterly heartless, both men upon town, both thoroughly initiated in its worst vices, both deeply in debt, both fallen from some higher estate, both addicted to every depravity for which society can find some genteel name and plead its most depraving conventionalities as an excuse, they were naturally gentlemen of most unblemished honour themselves, and of great nicety concerning the honour of other people. Mrs Briggs was a widow, with three daughters and two sons; Mr Samuel, the eldest, was an attorney, and Mr Alexander, the youngest, was under articles to his brother. His bed is full of other boys. She kidnaps Florence Dombey and steals her clothes. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Ask a question (Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"), make an interesting metaphor (Tyler, the Creator, "Yonkers") , or blow the listener away with deft wordplay (Outkast "The Way You Move") -- anything to introduce yourself and make yourself stand out. (top), Bullamy ( Martin Chuzzlewit ) Porter at the Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Assurance Company. A wonderful creature, in a vast red waistcoat and a short-tailed pepper-and-salt coat--who carried more conviction to the minds of sceptics than the whole establishment without him. They were high; but he knew, doubtless, that no man could carry such an extent of waistcoat as himself, and felt the full value of his capacity to such an institution. She was once engaged to Lawrence Boythorn. He was usually called Old Stephen, in a kind of rough homage to the fact. Ha! A strong, busy, active, honest-faced woman of from forty-five to fifty. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author Leslie ... Find yourself. (top), Artful Dodger ( Oliver Twist ) PIX Alias of Jack Dawkins, he is the most successful and interesting of Fagin's thieves. Mr Bucket notices things in general, with a face as unchanging as the great mourning ring on his little finger or the brooch, composed of not much diamond and a good deal of setting, which he wears in his shirt...A stoutly built, steady-looking, sharp-eyed man in black, of about the middle-age. (top), Briggs ( Dombey and Son ) Along with Tozer, a roommate of Paul Dombey at Dr Blimber's school. He is a tremendous fellow." (top), Bill, Uncle ( Sketches by Boz: London Recreations ) Wit of the party that includes his niece, Sally, at a rural tea-garden. When Pip realizes that he loves her too she has married Joe Gargery. He had a gold watch, and a gold curb chain with large gold seals; and he carried a pliant ebony cane with a gold top. A wonderful creature, in a vast red waistcoat and a short-tailed pepper-and-salt coat--who carried more conviction to the minds of sceptics than the whole establishment without him. Parents of the misbehaving Augustus, Charlotte, and Emma. (top), Bucket, Mrs ( Bleak House ) Wife of Mr Bucket the detective who is frequenty without her husband's company due to his profession. The Tauntons had once gained a temporary triumph with the assistance of a harp, but the Briggses brought three guitars into the field, and effectually routed the enemy. They were a couple of girls, of whom the elder - could not be more than sixteen, and the younger of whom had certainly not attained her fourteenth year. He wore his shirt-collar turned down over a black ribbon, and his lank hair � a fragile crop � was not only smoothed and parted back from his brow, that none of the Poetry of his aspect might be lost, but had here and there been grubbed up by the roots; which accounted for his loftiest developments being somewhat pimply. Set on a remote island off the Irish coast where a massacre once occurred, this entertaining if uneven mystery from Foley (The Hunting Party) opens just after the high-profile wedding of Will Slater, the star of the reality TV show Survive the Night, and Julia Keegan, an online magazine editor. They are very conceited, and usually possess half an idea; but, with enthusiastic young ladies, and silly young gentlemen, they are very wonderful persons. (top), Barney ( Oliver Twist ) Jewish waiter at the Three Cripples who talks through his nose. One Adams, who was the head-boy, then stepped out of his place and welcomed me. She said at evening parties, that if she could have known Cicero, she thought she could have died contented. A good-natured-looking old woman with a dropsy, or an asthma, or perhaps both. A spare, dark, withered man...with a stooping body, and a very sinister face rendered more ill-favoured by hollow and hungry cheeks, deeply sunburnt, and thick black eyebrows, blacker in contrast with the perfect whiteness of his hair; roughly clothed in shabby garments, of a strange and uncouth make; and having about him an indefinable manner of depression and degradation. One Adams, who was the head-boy, then stepped out of his place and welcomed me. Hunter ends up marrying Brown after Trott elopes with Julia Manners. They must be dead - stone dead - and then Miss Blimber dug them up like a Ghoul. Brogson ( Sketches by Boz: Mr Minns and His Cousin ) Guest at Octavius Budden's dinner party. That they were sisters, was evident, from the resemblance which still subsisted between them, though two additional years of depravity had fixed their brand upon the elder girl's features, as legibly as if a red-hot iron had seared them. A motherly old lady, very neatly and precisely dressed. Such a nice man - and so polite! He was a rich man: banker, merchant, manufacturer, and what not. Bunsby's ship is the Cautious Clara. (top), Barkis ( David Copperfield ) A carrier between Blunderstone and Yarmouth. They were both gaudily dressed, the younger one especially; and, although there was a strong similarity between them in both respects, which was rendered the more obvious by their being handcuffed together, it is impossible to conceive a greater contrast than the demeanour of the two presented. He was then the most impetuous boy in the world, and he is now the most impetuous man. The carrier had a way of keeping his head down, like his horse, and of drooping sleepily forward as he drove, with one of his arms on each of his knees. A man with a great puffed head and forehead, swelled veins in his temples, and such a strained skin to his face that it seemed to hold his eyes open, and lift his eyebrows up. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, “I loved this book. (top), Bolder ( Nicholas Nickleby ) Pupil at Dotheboys Hall. (top), Bobster, Old ( Nicholas Nickleby ) Father of Celelia Bobster. A gentleman in the lumber line...and much esteemed. Which the Court confirmed, to his great satisfaction. Badger, Bayham ( Bleak House ) Doctor, cousin of Kenge, to whom Richard Carstone is apprenticed. Later Barsad turns up as a spy in Paris and is found to be the brother of Miss Pross. He is identified by Mrs Nubbles as a willing witness to Kit's character. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient, "Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts. (top), Bodgers, Mr and Mrs ( David Copperfield ) Name on a tablet that David Copperfield ponders over at the church in Blunderstone. (top), Bagstock, Major Joseph ( Dombey and Son ) PIX Neighbor of Miss Tox and friend of Paul Dombey who introduces Paul to Edith Granger and Mrs Skewton. (top), Balderstone, Thomas ( Sketches by Boz: Mrs Joseph Porter ) Mrs Gattleton's brother, known in the family as Uncle Tom. He was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, commonfaced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. A man who was the Bully of humility. It will also change your life. (top), Brown, Alice (alias Marwood) ( Dombey and Son ) Daughter of Good Mrs Brown and cousin of Edith Granger. She was always grave and strict. He later uncovers the will that is instrumental in clearing up the Jarndyce and Jarndyce chancery case. She insists on using the title 'Billickin' in business matters fearing being taken advantage of because she is a woman. Get it HERE. He dies on the morning of the wedding thus saving Madeline from the unwanted marriage. Uncle Tom was very rich, and exceedingly fond of his nephews and nieces: as a matter of course, therefore, he was an object of great importance in his own family. The younger girl was weeping bitterly - not for display, or in the hope of producing effect, but for very shame: her face was buried in her handkerchief: and her whole manner was but too expressive of bitter and unavailing sorrow. This description must be received with a week-day limitation. (top), Barbara ( The Old Curiosity Shop ) Modest and pretty servant of the Garlands. There was no light nonsense about Miss Blimber. When she returns to her young ... Gabriela is a senior negotiator in the Foreign Office. Once engaged to Miss Barbary. A man with a great puffed head and forehead, swelled veins in his temples, and such a strained skin to his face that it seemed to hold his eyes open, and lift his eyebrows up. Mrs Bardell is duped by unscrupulous lawyers, Dodson and Fogg, into bringing a breach of promise to marry suit against Pickwick. Sol is loaned money from Paul Dombey to pay the debt. He is fought … During the reception, the lights go out, prompting a “scream of terror,” which turns out to have come from a server, who reports having seen a lot of blood. Uncle Tom was very rich, and exceedingly fond of his nephews and nieces: as a matter of course, therefore, he was an object of great importance in his own family. 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