• 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.