# Mivins — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Mivins in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mivins, Mr. Mivins

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

A friendly and eccentric fellow prisoner in the Fleet.

## In the story

### [What befell Mr. Pickwick when he got into the Fleet; what prisoners he saw there, and how he passed the night.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xli)

A fellow prisoner who performs a hornpipe and later fetches the sherry. He goes to bed early, snoring through the rest of the night.

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

Lazily advises Smangle to knock Sam downstairs, then returns to sleep.

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