- Pip: The protagonist and narrator of the story.
- Estella: Miss Havisham's beautiful ward.
- Miss Havisham: A wealthy, eccentric old woman who was jilted at the altar.
- Joe Gargery: Pip's sister's kind-hearted husband, a blacksmith.
- Abel Magwitch: A convict who becomes Pip's secret benefactor.
- Jaggers: A fearsome lawyer who oversees Pip's rise in social status.
- Herbert Pocket: Pip's loyal friend.