CHAPTER 9 In Mrs. Peniston's youth, fashion had returned to town in October; therefore on the tenth day of the month the blinds of her Fifth Avenue residence were drawn up, and the eyes of the...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 1 ON THE LOOK OUT In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance,...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 11 PODSNAPPERY Mr Podsnap was well to do, and stood very high in Mr Podsnap's opinion. Beginning with a good inheritance, he had married a good...
Our Mutual Friend por Charles Dickens CAPÍTULO 12 O suor da testa de um homem honesto'S Sr. Mortimer Lightwood e Sr. Eugene Wrayburn teve um jantar de café-house juntos no escritório do Sr....
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 13 TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY The two lime merchants, with their escort, entered the dominions of Miss Abbey Potterson, to whom their escort (presenting...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 15 TWO NEW SERVANTS Mr and Mrs Boffin sat after breakfast, in the Bower, a prey to prosperity. Mr Boffin's face denoted Care and Complication. Many...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 16 MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS The Secretary lost no time in getting to work, and his vigilance and method soon set their mark on the Golden Dustman's...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 17 A DISMAL SWAMP And now, in the blooming summer days, behold Mr and Mrs Boffin established in the eminently aristocratic family mansion, and behold all...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 7 MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF Silas Wegg, being on his road to the Roman Empire, approaches it by way of Clerkenwell. The time is early in the evening; the...
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens CHAPTER 8 MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION Whosoever had gone out of Fleet Street into the Temple at the date of this history, and had wandered disconsolate about the...