The Pickwick Papers · Character
Mivins
A friendly and eccentric fellow prisoner in the Fleet.
minor
Also known as Mivins, Mr. Mivins
First appearance: xiii
Mivins shows up with force in What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what prisoners he saw there, and how he passed the night.. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A fellow prisoner who performs a hornpipe and later fetches the sherry.
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In What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what prisoners he saw there, and how he passed the night.: A fellow prisoner who performs a hornpipe and later fetches the sherry. He goes to bed early, snoring…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Fleet Prison inmates
- Pickwickians and associates
- Ipswich and Bath characters
- Protagonist
- Dodson and Fogg clerks
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what prisoners he saw there, and how he passed the night.
- XLII
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See Mivins in xiii