The Pickwick Papers · Character
Peter Magnus
A nervous and comical gentleman who proposes to Miss Witherfield.
minor
Also known as Magnus, Mr. Magnus, Mr. Peter Magnus
First appearance: vii
Peter Magnus's tie to Samuel Pickwick is one of the pressures that moves The Pickwick Papers—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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Relationship types
- Social
- Other
Character groups
- Minor characters and witnesses
- Protagonist
- Ipswich and Bath characters
- Jingle and romantic interests
- Ipswich law enforcement
- Pickwickians and associates
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich. How this plays out →
- Samuel Pickwick
social · ambivalent
Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich. How this plays out →
- Samuel Pickwick
social · ambivalent
Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich. How this plays out →
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- XXII
- Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus grows jealous, and the middle-aged lady apprehensive, which brings the Pickwickians within the grasp of the law
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