Joshua Rigg

Joshua Rigg is a young man navigating life on the margins of respectability in provincial England. Of limited social standing but considerable ambition, he has attached himself to connections that might secure his future—most notably his relationship with the elderly and wealthy Peter Featherstone. Rigg is shrewd and observant, with a calculating temperament that allows him to read situations and people with sharp intelligence. He is not a man of warmth or open feeling, but rather someone who moves through the world with careful deliberation, always alert to opportunities for advancement. His presence in the narrative reveals the intricate web of financial dependence, inheritance expectation, and social maneuvering that characterizes provincial life.