The Pickwick Papers · Character
Augustus Snodgrass
The club's resident poet, swathed in a mysterious blue cloak, whose literary pretensions and romantic hopes quietly shape the Pickwickians' sentimental side.
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Also known as Snodgrass, Mr. Snodgrass, Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, Augustus
First appearance: The Pickwick Papers
As a supporting figure in The Pickwick Papers, Augustus Snodgrass is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A poetic member of the Pickwick Club who accompanies the group on their travels.
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Snodgrass sits to Pickwick's left, poetically enveloped in a blue cloak with a canine-skin collar, and is named in the club's founding resolutions as one of the four Corresponding Society members. Pickwick's oration…
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- Pickwickians and associates
- Minor characters and witnesses
- Ipswich law enforcement
- Trial legal figures
- Protagonist
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Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. How this plays out →
- Samuel Pickwick
friendship · positive
Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. How this plays out →
- Samuel Pickwick
friendship · positive
Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. How this plays out →
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Augustus Snodgrass appears across 19 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- The Pickwick Papers
- The Pickwickians
- The First Day's Journey, and the First Evening's Adventures; with Their Consequences
- A New Acquaintance—The Stroller's Tale—A Disagreeable Interruption, and an Unpleasant Encounter
- A Field Day and Bivouac—More New Friends—An Invitation to the Country
- A Short One — Showing How Mr. Pickwick Undertook to Drive, and Mr. Winkle to Ride, and How They Both Did It
- An Old-Fashioned Card-Party—The Clergyman's Verses—The Story of the Convict's Return
- How Mr. Winkle, instead of shooting at the pigeon and killing the crow, shot at the crow and wounded the pigeon; how the Dingley Dell cricket club played All-Muggleton, and how All-Muggleton dined at the Dingley Dell expense; with other interesting and instructive matters.
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