Mr Guppy

E948338

Mr Guppy is a somewhat comic, socially ambitious law clerk in Charles Dickens’s novel "Bleak House," known for his awkward courtship of Esther Summerson and involvement in the story’s legal intrigues.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mr Guppy canonical 1
Mr. Guppy 1
William Guppy 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
law clerk ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Bleak House ⓘ
serialized publication of Bleak House (1852–1853) ⓘ
associatedWith Bleak House (household) ⓘ
linked to: Bleak House

Chancery ⓘ
linked to: Inns of Chancery

Jarndyce and Jarndyce ⓘ
connectedTo John Jarndyce ⓘ
Lady Dedlock ⓘ
Mr Tulkinghorn ⓘ
Tony Jobling ⓘ
courts Esther Summerson ⓘ
creator Charles Dickens ⓘ
employer Kenge and Carboy ⓘ
Kenge and Carboy, solicitors ⓘ
firstAppearance Bleak House ⓘ
genre Victorian literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic awkward ⓘ
comic ⓘ
obsequious ⓘ
romantically inept ⓘ
self-important ⓘ
socially ambitious ⓘ
hasFullName William Guppy ⓘ
linked to: Mr Guppy
involvedIn legal intrigues in Bleak House ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
loveInterest Esther Summerson ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
narrativeRole comic relief ⓘ
minor character ⓘ
plot catalyst ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation law clerk ⓘ
proposesMarriageTo Esther Summerson ⓘ
relationshipTo clerk to Kenge and Carboy ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
setIn London legal world ⓘ
Victorian England ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era
workOfFiction Bleak House ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bleak House → majorCharacter → Mr Guppy ⓘ
Ada Clare → hasNarrativeConnectionWith → Mr. Guppy ⓘ
linked to: Mr Guppy
Mr Guppy → hasFullName → William Guppy ⓘ
linked to: Mr Guppy