# Peter Magnus — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Peter Magnus in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Magnus, Mr. Magnus, Mr. Peter Magnus

**First appearance:** 0008-vii

## Who they are

A nervous and comical gentleman who proposes to Miss Witherfield.

## Relationships

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_social_

Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich.

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_social_

Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich.

### [Samuel Pickwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/characters/samuel_pickwick)

_social_

Peter Magnus is a nervous and pompous acquaintance of Pickwick during his stay in Ipswich.

## In the story

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xxii)

Mr. Peter Magnus shares his plan to propose to a lady and discusses his special suit of clothes and hat with Mr. Pickwick.

### [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)

Anxious suitor who seeks Mr. Pickwick's counsel on how to propose to a middle-aged lady.

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