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A body pulled from the Thames sets in motion a dark satire on the corrupting power of money, weaving together disparate lives from riverside scavengers to society's elite in a city obsessed with wealth and status.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length36 hrs 43 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 24, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: ON THE LOOK OUT
41Chapter 1: LODGERS IN QUEER STREET
2Chapter 2: THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE
42Chapter 2: A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT
3Chapter 3: ANOTHER MAN
43Chapter 3: THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE
4Chapter 4: THE R. WILFER FAMILY
44Chapter 4: A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY
5Chapter 5: BOFFIN’S BOWER
45Chapter 5: THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY
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6Chapter 6: CUT ADRIFT
46Chapter 6: THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
7Chapter 7: MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF
47Chapter 7: THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION
8Chapter 8: MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
48Chapter 8: THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY
9Chapter 9: MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION
49Chapter 9: SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION
10Chapter 10: A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
50Chapter 10: SCOUTS OUT
11Chapter 11: PODSNAPPERY
51Chapter 11: IN THE DARK
12Chapter 12: THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN’S BROW
52Chapter 12: MEANING MISCHIEF
13Chapter 13: TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY
53Chapter 13: GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM
14Chapter 14: THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN
54Chapter 14: MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN’S NOSE
15Chapter 15: TWO NEW SERVANTS
55Chapter 15: THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST
16Chapter 16: MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS
56Chapter 16: THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS
17Chapter 17: A DISMAL SWAMP
57Chapter 17: A SOCIAL CHORUS
18BOOK THE SECOND — BIRDS OF A FEATHER
58BOOK THE FOURTH — A TURNING
19Chapter 1: OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER
59Chapter 1: SETTING TRAPS
20Chapter 2: STILL EDUCATIONAL
60Chapter 2: THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE
21Chapter 3: A PIECE OF WORK
61Chapter 3: THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN SINKS AGAIN
22Chapter 4: CUPID PROMPTED
62Chapter 4: A RUNAWAY MATCH
23Chapter 5: MERCURY PROMPTING
63Chapter 5: CONCERNING THE MENDICANT’S BRIDE
24Chapter 6
64Chapter 6: A CRY FOR HELP
25A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER
65Chapter 7: BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN
26PRIVATE
66Chapter 8: A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER
27MR EUGENE WRAYBURN
67Chapter 9: TWO PLACES VACATED
28MR MORTIMER LIGhTWOOD
68Chapter 10: THE DOLLS’ DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD
29(Mr Lightwood’s Offices opposite.)
69Chapter 11: EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS’ DRESSMAKER’S DISCOVERY
30Chapter 7: IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED
70Chapter 12: THE PASSING SHADOW
31Chapter 8: IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS
71Chapter 13: SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST
32Chapter 9: IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL
72Chapter 14: CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE
33Chapter 10: A SUCCESSOR
73Chapter 15: WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET
34Chapter 11: SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART
74Chapter 16: PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL
35Chapter 12: MORE BIRDS OF PREY
75Chapter 17: THE VOICE OF SOCIETY
36Chapter 13: A SOLO AND A DUETT
76POSTSCRIPT: IN LIEU OF PREFACE
37Chapter 14: STRONG OF PURPOSE
77PUBLISHER NOTES:
38Chapter 15: THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR
78Disclaimer:
39Chapter 16: AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION
79IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
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