# Mr. Tite Barnacle — Little Dorrit character guide

> Mr. Tite Barnacle in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Tite Barnacle

**First appearance:** 0036-xxxiv-a-shoal-of-barnacles

## Who they are

A senior Barnacle at the Circumlocution Office.

## In the story

### [Containing the Whole Science of Government](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/x-containing-the-whole-science-of-government)

The oppressive and impracticable head of the Circumlocution Office, who refuses to give Arthur a straightforward answer.

### [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 buttoned-up, weighty official who resents Mr. Dorrit's attempt to pay his debt as an informal disruption.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/characters/mr_tite_barnacle
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/characters