OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Reading edition
Published 1864–1865
Scene:London and Neighboring Towns
Time:1860
CHARACTERS
Mr. HarmonA rich dust collector
Mr. BoffinForeman of the dust business and heir to the Harmon fortune
Known as "The Golden Dustman"
Mrs. BoffinHis wife
John HarmonMr. Harmon's son
Later Mr. Boffin's secretary, under the name of "John Rokesmith"
Mr. VeneeringA rich man with social and political ambitions
Mr. WilferA clerk in Mr. Veneering's office
BellaHis daughter
Silas WeggA one-legged ballad seller
"Rogue" RiderhoodA riverman of bad reputation
Later a lock tender
HexamA riverman
CharleyHis son
LizzieHis daughter
"Jenny Wren"A crippled friend of Lizzie's, known as "The Dolls' Dressmaker"
Eugene WrayburnA reckless young lawyer
HeadstoneA schoolmaster
Mr. VenusA dismal young man with a dismal trade—the stringing together of human skeletons on wires