Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend

Clarendon Edition

 

 

 

Navigation

Wilfer Family

REGINALD WILFER

AKA: R.W. ‘THE CHERUB’ ‘RUMTY’

Henpecked clerk of Chicksey, Veneering and Stobbles. He is a modest and gentle man, the only member of the Wilfer family to attend Bella’s secret wedding.

MRS WILFER

Majestic, she complains of ill use and feels her marriage has reduced her station.

'The Cherub and the Lovely Woman' an illustration of Bella and Mr. Wilfer by Marcus Stone.

Mrs. Wilfer, George Sampson and Lavinia Wilfer.

 

 

top

   
   

This project gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Academy.