# Tom Roker — The Pickwick Papers character guide

> Tom Roker in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Tom Roker, Mr. Roker, Roker, Thomas

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

The turnkey at the Fleet Prison, who oversees Mr. Pickwick's incarceration.

## 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)

The prison officer who guides Mr. Pickwick and Sam through the Fleet, pointing out the various flights and the racket-ground. He reacts indignantly when Mr. Pickwick questions the habitability of the lower dungeons.

### [Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into difficulties](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xliii)

The warder at the Fleet Prison who receives Sam into custody.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pickwick_papers_se/chapters/xliv)

Brings Mr. Pickwick a softer pillow, informs him of the Chancery prisoner's condition, and leads him to the infirmary.

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