# Smangle — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Smangle in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Smangle, Mr. Smangle, the dashing Mr. Smangle

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

A flashy and unscrupulous debtor in the Fleet Prison.

## 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 rakish prisoner with long dark hair and bushy whiskers, who orchestrates the evening's entertainment. He manipulates Mr. Pickwick into paying for sherry and sends a timid prisoner to ensure the change is spent on cigars for himself.

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

Attempts to stare down Sam Weller, then feigns friendship with Mr. Pickwick to gain access to his belongings.

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