# Old Nandy — Little Dorrit character guide

> Old Nandy in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Mr. Nandy, Mr. Nandy

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-bleeding-heart-yard

## Who they are

An elderly, poor inmate of the workhouse, father of Mrs. Plornish.

## In the story

### [Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxxi-spirit)

Mrs. Plornish's father, a poor pensioner from the workhouse, treated with condescension by William Dorrit and escorted by Little Dorrit.

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