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Ticknall19 | 11:11 Wed 25th Nov 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Can anyone out there help me with the first names of:

1) Mr Bumble the Beadle
2) Miss Havisham: jilted on her wedding day.
3) Mr Barkis: he was willin'

I've tried various sites without any joy, but I bet there's a Dickens scholar amongst the ABers.

Any help will be most gratefully appreciated. Ticknall19
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2 Miss Havisham name is AURELIA
1 Mr Bumble name is CRUIKSHANK
Barkis, Mr. Carrier is what Who's who in Dickens says.
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Caslas and Tallulah - Many thanks for your help. Tallulah I do thin tho' that your reference relates to the fact that Barkis is a 'carrier' by profession and not that it is his first name, but many thanks, anyway
He didn't have a first name! I just copied out the entry in Who's Who in Dickens? Thick Book. Yes he was a Carrier. It must be a trick question. All it said was Barkis, Mr. Carrier. It also gives the quotation about "willin'" Everyone else has their first name given if Dickens gave it in the relevant novel.

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