# Augustus Snodgrass — The Pickwick Papers character guide > Augustus Snodgrass in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Snodgrass, Mr. Snodgrass, Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, Augustus **First appearance:** 0001-the-pickwick-papers ## Snapshot The club's resident poet, swathed in a mysterious blue cloak, whose literary pretensions and romantic hopes quietly shape the Pickwickians' sentimental side. ## Who they are 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 singles him out as the friend for whom poetic fame is dearest, marking him as the group's aspirant bard. His verse-making sensibility and eventual romantic attachment give the travels a thread of sentiment beneath the farce. ## Relationships ### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick) _friendship_ Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. ### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick) _friendship_ Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. ### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick) _friendship_ Augustus Snodgrass is a poetic and gentle fellow Pickwick Club member and close friend. ## In the story ### [The Pickwick Papers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/the-pickwick-papers) A poetic member of the Pickwick Club who accompanies the group on their travels. ### [The Pickwickians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/i) The poetic member, enveloped in a blue cloak; appointed to the Corresponding Society and later calls for order during the debate. ### [The First Day's Journey, and the First Evening's Adventures; with Their Consequences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/ii) Welcomes Pickwick at the Golden Cross, is described as having a poetic turn, and falls asleep during dinner. ### [A New Acquaintance—The Stroller's Tale—A Disagreeable Interruption, and an Unpleasant Encounter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/iii) Identified as the poet of the group; helps restrain Mr. Pickwick during the altercation. ### [A Field Day and Bivouac—More New Friends—An Invitation to the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/iv) Squeezed in the crowd and performs a somersault during the charge; his notebook is credited as the source for the chapter. ### [A Short One — Showing How Mr. Pickwick Undertook to Drive, and Mr. Winkle to Ride, and How They Both Did It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/v) Rides in the chaise and observes the horse's behavior, later taking a survey of the kitchen at Manor Farm. ### [An Old-Fashioned Card-Party—The Clergyman's Verses—The Story of the Convict's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/vi) Participates in the card game and expresses poetic curiosity about the clergyman's song. ### [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.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/vii) Part of the shooting party and cricket match spectators. ### [Chapter VIII: Strongly illustrative of the position, that the course of true love is not a railway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/viii) Grows jealous of Tupman's attentions to Emily. ### [Involving another journey, and an antiquarian discovery; recording Mr. Pickwick's determination to be present at an election; and containing a manuscript of the old clergyman's.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xi) Accompanies Pickwick and Winkle, delivers Tupman's farewell letter, and shows sentimental distress. ### [Descriptive of a very important proceeding on the part of Mr. Pickwick; no less an epoch in his life, than in this history](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xii) Calls Sam Weller up from the passage as instructed by Mr. Pickwick. ### [Comprising a brief description of the company at the Peacock assembled; and a tale told by a bagman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xiv) Notes down the sayings and doings of the company at the Peacock. ### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xv) Mediates the argument between Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Tupman, and plans to wear a fancy-dress. ### [A Pleasant Day with an Unpleasant Termination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xix) Remains at home and does not join the shooting party. ### [Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-aged lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the grasp of the law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xxiv) Walks arm-in-arm with Mr. Winkle behind the sedan chair during the procession. ### [The Trial of Bardell vs. Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xxxiv) Present in court as a friend of Mr. Pickwick, making an early remark about the foreman's breakfast. ### [In which Mr. Pickwick thinks he had better go to Bath; and goes accordingly.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xxxv) Travels with the group to Bath, similarly moved by Mr. Pickwick's stance. ### [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/liv) Hides in Wardle's bedroom to avoid detection, having been secretly corresponding with Emily Wardle since last Christmas. ### [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/lvii) Marries Emily Wardle; later makes applications for Mr. Pickwick to be godfather to his children. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/augustus_snodgrass - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters