# Dickie Arden — Harding’s Luck character guide

> Dickie Arden in Harding’s Luck by E. Nesbit.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Dickie, Lord Arden, Arden, dear Dickie, the lost Dickie

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-which-was-the-dream

## Who they are

Dickie's dream identity as a noble boy in the past.

## Relationships

### [Dickie Harding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/characters/dickie_harding)

_psychological_

Dickie Arden and Dickie Harding are the same person living parallel lives, with the Mouldiwarp enabling their consciousness to shift between identities.

### [Dickie Harding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/characters/dickie_harding)

_psychological_

Dickie Arden and Dickie Harding are the same person living parallel lives, with the Mouldiwarp enabling their consciousness to shift between identities.

### [Dickie Harding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/characters/dickie_harding)

_psychological_

Dickie Arden and Dickie Harding are the same person living parallel lives, with the Mouldiwarp enabling their consciousness to shift between identities.

## In the story

### [Harding’s Luck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/harding-s-luck)

Dickie's identity in his dream world, a wealthy boy in Jacobean England.

### [IV: Which Was the Dream?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/iv-which-was-the-dream)

Now called Master Richard, he is learning rapidly and enjoying his new life as a person of consequence, but is tormented by the memory of Beale and his promise.

### [VI: Buried Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/vi-buried-treasure)

Identifies himself as the rightful Lord Arden in the dream world; takes fencing lessons and learns about dogs from the kennelman.

### [VII: Dickie Learns Many Things](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/vii-dickie-learns-many-things)

The identity Dickie assumes in the dream world; son of Sir Richard Arden; has a tutor and cousins Edred and Elfrida.

### [IX: Kidnapped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/ix-kidnapped)

Reveals that Dickie is a long-lost Arden relative and wants to raise him; talks with Lady Talbot about Dickie.

### [X: The Noble Deed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/x-the-noble-deed)

Anxious about Dickie's disappearance; leads the search; later accepts Dickie's claim to the title.

### [Lord Arden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/harding_s_luck_se/chapters/xi-lord-arden)

Honest and generous, willing to give up his title to Dickie. Treats Dickie as his own son, buys him a pony, and is indulgent with the children's treasure hunt.

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