Short Fiction · Character
Fred Pickering
A proud, hardworking scholar in threadbare clothes who would surrender a third of his income just to change the nature of his labour.
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Also known as Fred, young Pickering, Pickering, poor Fred
First appearance: The Adventures of Fred Pickering
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The protagonist, a young man who marries impulsively and struggles to establish a literary career in London, facing severe poverty and humiliation.
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Fred Pickering arrives in distress but carries himself without supplication, his keen intellect and dry humour intact despite a wife and children depending on him. He throws himself into scholarly work with real…
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Character groups
- Dramatic Island Stories
- Tragic French Love
- Humorous Mistaken Identity
- Protagonist
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See Fred Pickering in The Adventures of Fred Pickering