As for Mr. and Mrs. Bumble, they, of course, lost their positions, and sank from bad to worse till they finally became paupers and were sent to the very same poorhouse where they had tortured little Oliver Twist.
BARNABY RUDGE
Published 1841
| Scene: | London and the Country |
| Time: | 1775 to 1780 |
CHARACTERS
| Barnaby Rudge | A half-witted boy |
| Rudge | His father |
| A murderer | |
| Mrs. Rudge | His mother |
| Geoffrey Haredale | A country gentleman |
| Emma Haredale | His niece |
| Sir John Chester | An enemy of Haredale's |
| Edward Chester | His son |
| In love with Emma Haredale | |
| Varden | A locksmith |
| Dolly Varden | His daughter |
| A friend of Emma Haredale's | |
| Simon Tappertit | Varden's apprentice |
| Joe Willet | The son of an innkeeper |
| In love with Dolly Varden | |
| "Maypole Hugh" | A giant hostler |
| In reality, the son of Sir John Chester | |
| Lord George Gordon | A deluded nobleman |
| Gashford | His secretary |
| Dennis | A hangman |
| "Grip" | Barnaby's tame raven |