# Bar — Little Dorrit character guide

> Bar in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bar

**First appearance:** 0012-x-containing-the-whole-science-of-government

## Who they are

A satirical personification of the legal profession in the Circumlocution Office.

## In the story

### [Mr. Merdle's Complaint](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxi-mr-merdle-s-complaint)

A lawyer who flatters Mr. Merdle and suggests he purchase a large estate for Society's benefit, using his persuasive double eyeglass and jury droop.

### [In Which a Great Patriotic Conference Is Holden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xii-in-which-a-great-patriotic-conference-is-holden)

A lawyer and guest at the dinner, who flatters the Barnacles and comments on the analogies of wealth and attraction.

### [XXV: The Chief Butler Resigns the Seals of Office](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxv-the-chief-butler-resigns-the-seals-of-office)

Attends the dinner party and engages in banter with Mrs. Merdle about a possible title.

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