A satire of a typical Danish provincial town ca. 1900 with it's malicious, but merry portraits of the citizens. We meet the misshapen Emanuel Thomsen "Tummelumsen" and the two friends senior examining officer Knagsted and senior teacher Clausen.
Fortælleren
Konsul Mørch
Menneske-Mortensen
Toldkontrollør Knagsted
Fru Oppermann
Pastor Engelhardt
Overlærer Clausen
Redaktør Heilbunth
Kæmner Lassen
Spritfabrikant Røssel
Fru Lassen
Fru Heilbunth
Karen Thomsen
Wulfdine
Morbroder Jacob
Fru Frederiksen
Emanuel 'Thummelumsen' Thomsen
Slagtermester Freiesleben
Frøken Reiersen