A Christmas Carol characters

Ebenezer Scrooge

Also known as Scrooge, the miser, old Scrooge, the gentleman

A cold-hearted, miserly old man who learns the value of generosity and human connection through supernatural visits.

Bonds:JacobFormer business partnersFredUncle and nephew

Jacob Marley

Also known as Marley, Marley's Ghost, the ghost of Jacob Marley, the former partner

Scrooge's deceased business partner who returns as a ghost to warn him about his impending fate.

As drawn: The SPECTRE of Scrooge's dead partner: a TRANSPARENT, SEE-THROUGH apparition glowing with a cold spectral light, the room's furniture and door visible straight through his body, his edges dissolving into vapour. His HAIR IS GHOSTLY WHITE — colourless, drifting slightly as if underwater — tied back in a pigtail. Deathly pale, sunken-eyed, in the waistcoat, tights and boots he was buried in, his jaw bound up in a white cloth. A ghostly chain of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks and ledgers is clasped about his middle and trails away, itself half-transparent. Unmistakably a ghost, never a solid living man; no dark or coloured hair.

Bonds:EbenezerFormer business partners

Bob Cratchit

Also known as Bob, the clerk, Cratchit

Scrooge's overworked and underpaid clerk, a kind-hearted man who remains devoted to his family despite their poverty.

Bonds:TinyFather and son

Tiny Tim

Also known as Tim, the little cripple, the little boy

Bob Cratchit's youngest son, a sweet and optimistic child who suffers from a physical disability.

As drawn: Bob Cratchit's youngest child, a very small frail boy of about six with a thin pale face and bright patient eyes. He carries a LITTLE CRUTCH and his legs are supported by an IRON FRAME. Poor but neatly kept clothes. The crutch must always be visible.

Bonds:BobFather and son

Fred

Also known as the nephew, Scrooge's nephew

Scrooge's cheerful and optimistic nephew who constantly invites his uncle to join his family for Christmas.

As drawn: Scrooge's nephew, a hearty GROWN MAN of about twenty-five to thirty, all in a glow from walking in the cold, with a ruddy handsome face, sparkling eyes and frosted breath. Warm greatcoat and muffler. An adult, never a child.

Bonds:EbenezerUncle and nephew