Wilkins Micawber

Wilkins Micawber is a character from Charles Dickens's 1850 novel David Copperfield. He was modeled on Dickens' father, John Dickens, who like Micawber was incarcerated in debtors' prison (the King's Bench Prison) after failing to meet his creditors' demands. Micawber's long-suffering wife, Emma, stands by him despite his financial exigencies that force her to pawn all of her family's heirlooms.