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Jaggers: character portrait from Great Expectations (Dickens, Charles)

A character in Great Expectations

Jaggers

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles

A formidable, cold London criminal lawyer who administers Pip's expectations and guards their source with intimidating secrecy.

Also known as: Mr. Jaggers, the stranger

Inside the story

Meet Jaggers

Mr. Jaggers is a formidable London criminal lawyer whose cold manner and intimidating presence command attention. At the story’s outset, he becomes closely connected with Pip by administering the young man’s unexpected expectations while keeping their source hidden.

On the page

A dark, burly man with a large head, deep-set piercing eyes and bushy black eyebrows; sharp and bullying, forever biting the side of a great forefinger, exuding contempt and the smell of scented soap, dressed in a lawyer's black.

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