Published 1864–1865 | Scene: | London and Neighboring Towns | | Time: | 1860 | CHARACTERS | Mr. Harmon | A rich dust collector | | Mr. Boffin | Foreman of the dust business and
heir to the Harmon fortune | | Known as "The Golden Dustman" | | Mrs. Boffin | His wife | | John Harmon | Mr. Harmon's son | Later Mr. Boffin's secretary, under the name of
"John Rokesmith" | | Mr. Veneering | A rich man with social and political
ambitions | | Mr. Wilfer | A clerk in Mr. Veneering's office | | Bella | His daughter | | Silas Wegg | A one-legged ballad seller | | "Rogue" Riderhood | A riverman of bad reputation | | Later a lock tender | | Hexam | A riverman | | Charley | His son | | Lizzie | His daughter | | "Jenny Wren" | A crippled friend of Lizzie's, known
as "The Dolls' Dressmaker" | | Eugene Wrayburn | A reckless young lawyer | | Headstone | A schoolmaster | | Mr. Venus | A dismal young man with a dismal trade—the
stringing together of human skeletons on wires |
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