Daniel Quilp

Nell Trent

Quilp is obsessed with tormenting and pursuing Nell, deriving cruel pleasure from her fear and suffering.

Richard Swiveller

Quilp views Swiveller with contempt and enjoys manipulating him for his own amusement.

Sampson Brass

Quilp and Sampson Brass are co-conspirators, with Quilp dominating and exploiting Brass for his schemes.

Nell Trent

Quilp is obsessed with tormenting and pursuing Nell, deriving cruel pleasure from her fear and suffering.

Richard Swiveller

Quilp views Swiveller with contempt and enjoys manipulating him for his own amusement.

Richard Swiveller

Quilp views Swiveller with contempt and enjoys manipulating him for his own amusement.

Sampson Brass

Quilp and Sampson Brass are co-conspirators, with Quilp dominating and exploiting Brass for his schemes.

Sampson Brass

Quilp and Sampson Brass are co-conspirators, with Quilp dominating and exploiting Brass for his schemes.

Nell Trent

Quilp is obsessed with tormenting and pursuing Nell, deriving cruel pleasure from her fear and suffering.

The Old Curiosity Shop

Introduced as a malicious, grotesque moneylender who holds power over the grandfather and threatens to take the shop.

Chapter III

Quilp visits the old man, asserting his right to see Nell, taunting the old man about his secret investments, and giving him gold. He displays a malicious and controlling demeanor.

Mr. and Mrs. Quilp

Introduced as a grotesque, tyrannical dwarf who delights in intimidating his wife and mother-in-law; he smokes, drinks, and makes horrible grimaces.

V

Stays awake all night smoking and drinking, torments his wife, then goes to the wharf where he abuses the boy and falls asleep on the desk.

Chapter VI

Quilp reads the letter with perplexity, proposes to Nell, and later coerces his wife into spying on the child.

Chapter IX

Quilp coldly refuses the old man's pleas, reveals his knowledge of the secret gambling, and falsely blames Kit for the disclosure.

Chapter XI

Takes legal possession of the house, installs himself and Brass, forces them to smoke, and claims Nell's little room for himself.

XII

Quilp visits to pressure the old man into vacating the house, and later sleeps in the house, forcing Nell to retrieve the key from his room.

XIII

Has bought the shop's goods, is frustrated by the flight, and later scuffles with Swiveller before forcing a fight over a bird.

XXI

Quilp arrives at Kit's home with Swiveller, interrogates Kit and his mother about the fugitives, and later persuades Swiveller to join him for drinks.

XXIII

Manipulates Swiveller and conspires with Trent to exploit Nell and her grandfather.

XXVII

Seen by Nell emerging from a dark gateway with a boy carrying a trunk.

XXXIII

The dwarf who brings Richard Swiveller to Brass's office as a clerk; he flirts with Sally Brass and speaks sarcastically to Sampson.

Chapter XXXIV

Mentioned as having offered Swiveller the clerkship and backed by Fred Trent.

XLI

Quilp is unexpectedly present at Little Bethel, watching the congregation with a grin, causing Kit unease.

XLVIII

Appears suddenly at the inn, spies on the single gentleman, recounts his manipulation of Swiveller and pursuit of Kit's mother, and vows to thwart the search for Nell.

XLIX

Returns home and secretly observes his family and Brass mourning his supposed death, then dramatically reveals himself.

Quilp's Bachelor's Hall

Returns home, terrorizes his wife, sets up a bachelor's hall at the countinghouse, visits Swiveller, and learns of Fred Trent's failed meeting.

LI

Visits Bevis Marks, writes a note, interrogates the small servant, and later hosts a conspiratorial tea with the Brasses.

LXII

In a mischievous and cruel mood, chants a legal phrase, forces Brass to drink hot liquor, and sends him off with misleading warnings about dangers.

LXIV

Implied as the instigator of the frame-up against Kit.

LXVII

Works alone in his hermitage, receives Sally Brass's warning letter, and prepares to flee after learning of Sampson Brass's betrayal.