# Isaac List — The Old Curiosity Shop character guide

> Isaac List in The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Isaac, Mr. List, Mr. Isaac List

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

A seedy moneylender and associate of Quilp.

## In the story

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_curiosity_shop_se/chapters/xxix)

Isaac List is one of the gamblers Nell and her grandfather encounter. He is described as stooping, high-shouldered, with an ill-favored face and a sinister squint.

### [The Night at the Valiant Soldier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_curiosity_shop_se/chapters/xxx)

The winner of the card game, observed with hungry admiration by the old man.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_curiosity_shop_se/chapters/xlii)

Isaac List is the other man who conspires with Jowl to exploit Nell's grandfather's gambling addiction.

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