# Rachael Wardle — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Rachael Wardle in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Miss Rachael Wardle, Rachael, Miss Rachael, the passionate Wardle

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Mr. Wardle's spinster sister, who is briefly infatuated with Jingle.

## In the story

### [A Field Day and Bivouac—More New Friends—An Invitation to the Country](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/iv)

The lady of doubtful age, probably the aunt, seated in the barouche.

### [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)

The spinster aunt; becomes hysterical upon learning of Tupman's accident.

### [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)

The spinster aunt who initially responds to Tupman's advances but is swayed by Jingle's lies and becomes his conditional accepted lover.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/ix)

Elopes with Jingle; mentioned as being inside the chaise.

### [The Rescue of Rachael Wardle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/x)

The spinster aunt who is rescued from the elopement; faints during the confrontation.

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