# Tip Dorrit — Little Dorrit character guide

> Tip Dorrit in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tip, Edward Dorrit

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-the-child-of-the-marshalsea

## Who they are

Amy's feckless, spendthrift brother who struggles to find work.

## In the story

### [The Child of the Marshalsea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/vii-the-child-of-the-marshalsea)

Amy's idle brother, who repeatedly abandons jobs and even a voyage to Canada, always returning to the Marshalsea.

### [VIII: The Lock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/viii-the-lock)

William Dorrit's son, comes to collect his clothes from Amy.

### [Little Dorrit's Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xiv-little-dorrit-s-party)

Little Dorrit reveals that her brother is now 'at large' (released from prison) thanks to an unknown benefactor.

### [Little Dorrit's Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xviii-little-dorrit-s-lover)

Little Dorrit's brother, who asserts the family gentility by swaggering and threatening Young John in the skittle ground.

### [Moving in Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xx-moving-in-society)

Mentioned as having become a billiard-marker after his release from the Marshalsea, and as respecting his sister Amy despite his selfishness.

### [The Marshalsea Becomes an Orphan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxxvi-the-marshalsea-becomes-an-orphan)

Requires no direction in making a fashionable appearance; hires a cabriolet, horse, and groom to grace the Borough High Street.

### [Something Wrong Somewhere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/v-something-wrong-somewhere)

Provides information about the Gowans' connection to Mr. Merdle through Sparkler, influencing the family's decision to allow Amy's visit.

### [The Evening of a Long Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxiv-the-evening-of-a-long-day)

Edward Dorrit, Fanny's brother, is ill with malaria fever in Sicily, attended by Amy.

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