Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in the classic story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Although a central figure of the tale, his passive character is overshadowed by that of Ebenezer Scrooge.

Cratchit is Scrooge's employee, a low-paid clerk with a large family. Though he is treated poorly by Scrooge, Cratchit retains a loyalty to his boss despite the protestations of his wife. His youngest son, Tiny Tim, is a cripple, and it is partly through concern for his plight that Scrooge makes the transformation from miser to philanthropist.

The name Cratchit is rooted in the word creche, which is a nativity scene or manger depicting the birth of Christ.

External links

• A Christmas Carol - in easy to read HTML format.
• A Christmas Carol - Searchable, HTML-indexed version.
• A Christmas Carol - In Prose - A Ghost Story of Christmas (with illustrations) - Special Collections, University of Glasgow

Charles Dickens characters | Poor fictional characters