# Mrs. Pocket — Great Expectations character guide

> Mrs. Pocket in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** dear Mrs. Pocket, Mr. and Mrs. Pocket

**First appearance:** 0022-xxiii

## Who they are

Vain, distracted mother of many children who reads about titles while ignoring her family.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxiii)

Helpless and obsessed with titles, raised to marry a nobleman; neglects her children and household duties.

### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Found at home with the baby and a needle-case, reading her book of dignities.

### [Chapter XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/great_expectations_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Mrs. Pocket is described as preoccupied with her book of dignities and her grandpapa, neglecting her family.

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