Quote #1:
– Mr. Charrington, it seemed, was a widower aged sixty-three and had inhabited this shop for thirty years. (Orwell 125)
Quote #2:
– There was another, lighter step in the passage. Mr. Charrington came into the room. The demeanour of the black-uniformed men suddenly became more subdued. Something had also changed in Mr. Charrington’s appearance. (Orwell 282)

Quote #3:
– . He would drag the rest of that poem out of Mr. Charrington’s memory. (Orwell 126)

Quote #4:
– Mr. Charrington had made no difficulty about letting the room… Nor did he seem shocked or become offensively knowing when it was made clear that Winston wanted the room for the purpose of a love-affair. (Orwell 172)

Quote #5:
– The old man seemed seldom or never to go out of doors, and on the other hand to have almost no customers. He led a ghostlike existence (Orwell 189-190)
Quote #6:
– He gave Winston a single sharp glance, as though verifying his identity, and then paid no more attention to him. (Orwell 282)

 

Charrington Character Web for “1984”
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