| A | B |
|---|
| Pip | real name is Phillip Pirrup; recipient of Great Expectations |
| Joe Gargery | blacksmith; Pip's brother-in-law |
| Mrs. Joe | Pip's sister; strict disciplinarian |
| Biddy | orphan like Pip; helped teach Pip how to read, write, and do math |
| Orlick | Joe's journeyman at the forge |
| Uncle Pumblechook | Joe's uncle; pompous |
| Mr. Wopsle | friend of the Gargerys; goes to London to pursue his acting dream |
| Abel Magwitch | convict from the marshes; befriended by Pip |
| Miss Havisham | eccentric old lady who lives at Satis House |
| Estella | Miss Havisham's adopted daughter |
| Herbert Pocket | "the pale young gentleman"; Pip and he became great friends |
| Matthew Pocket | Miss Havisham's cousin; Pip's tutor in London |
| Bentley Drummle | one of Matthew's students; called "the Spider" by Jaggers |
| Startop | one of Matthew's students; helped Pip and Herbert with the escape for Magwitch |
| Wemmick | Jaggers' clerk; businesslike at the office |
| Mr. Jaggers | Pip's guardian when he first went to London; London lawyer |
| Compeyson | the second convict; left Miss Havisham at the altar |
| Molly | Mr. Jaggers' housekeeper; Estella's real mother |
| Miss Skiffins | Wemmick's lady friend |
| The Aged Parent | Wemmick's deaf father |
| Clara | Herbert's fiance |
| Arthur | Miss Havisham's half brother |
| Trabb, the tailor | the tailor in the village where Pip grew up |
