Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 4 THE R. WILFER FAMILY Reginald Wilfer is a name with rather a grand sound, suggesting on first acquaintance brasses in country churches, scrolls in...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 5 BOFFIN'S BOWER Over against a London house, a corner house not far from Cavendish Square, a man with a wooden leg had sat for some years, with...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 10 SCOUTS OUT 'And so, Miss Wren,' said Mr Eugene Wrayburn, 'I cannot persuade you to dress me a doll?'...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 15 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST The breakfast table at Mr Boffin's was usually a very pleasant one, and was always presided over by Bella. As...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 14 STRONG OF PURPOSE The sexton-task of piling earth above John Harmon all night long, was not conducive to sound sleep; but Rokesmith had some broken...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 1 OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER The school at which young Charley Hexam had first learned from a book--the streets being, for pupils of his degree, the great...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 12 THE PASSING SHADOW The winds and tides rose and fell a certain number of times, the earth moved round the sun a certain number of times, the ship upon...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 14 CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE Mr and Mrs John Harmon had so timed their taking possession of their rightful name and their London house, that the event...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 16 PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL Mr and Mrs John Harmon's first delightful occupation was, to set all matters right that had strayed in any way...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 17 THE VOICE OF SOCIETY Behoves Mortimer Lightwood, therefore, to answer a dinner card from Mr and Mrs Veneering requesting the honour, and to signify that...