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Bob Cratchit: character portrait from A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

A character in A Christmas Carol

Bob Cratchit

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens1843

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

Also known as: Bob, the clerk, Cratchit

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Meet Bob Cratchit

Bob Cratchit is Ebenezer Scrooge’s overworked, underpaid clerk, laboring in his employer’s countinghouse despite difficult conditions. At home, he is a kind-hearted husband and father devoted to his family, who live with very little.

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