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Cannot find a character that fits on wikipedia - must be missing the point

Herbert Pocket

Great Expectations

Thanks - he is not listed on wikipaedia

geoff marbella

Glad to help.

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Herbert Pocket, a member of the Pocket family, Miss Havisham's presumed heirs, whom Pip first meets as a "pale young gentleman" who challenges Pip to a fist fight at Miss Havisham's house when both are children. He is the son of Matthew Pocket, Pip's tutor in the "gentlemanly" arts, and shares his apartment with Pip in London, becoming Pip's fast friend who is there to share Pip's happiness as well as his troubles. He is in love with a girl called Clara. Herbert keeps it secret because he knows his mother would say she is below his "station".

If you go to the Great Expectations entry on Wikipedia you will find Herbert Pocket listed (and described) in the "Miss Havisham and her family" section of the list of characters.

He is well known in the United Kingdom because the BBC have recently broadcast an excellent adaptation of Great Expectations.