Characters in this novel include a crippled girl who works as a dressmaker for dolls and a peg-legged man who is employed to read aloud several biographies of misers, as well as The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Characters in this novel include a crippled girl who works as a dressmaker for dolls and a peg-legged man who is employed to read aloud several biographies of misers, as well as The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Another character in this novel dismisses any idea he does not like with a flourish of his right hand, part of a way of life referred to as "Podsnappery". A climactic scene in this novel is set at the Plashwater Weir Mill Lock and ends with the death of both Rogue Riderhood and Bradley Headstone, the latter of whom had earlier failed to prevent Eugene Wrayburn from marrying Lizzie Hexam. This novel's main character adopts the name Julius Rokesmith and woos Bella Wilfer while working for Mr. Boffin, who is blackmailed by Silas Wegg but finds a secret will in a giant rubbish heap. For 10 points, name this novel that begins with the retrieval of a drowned corpse thought to be that of John Harmon, the final completed novel by Charles Dickens.
Characters in this novel include a crippled girl who works as a dressmaker for dolls and a peg-legged man who is employed to read aloud several biographies of misers, as well as The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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