# Dolls — Our Mutual Friend character guide

> Dolls in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Dolls

**First appearance:** 0036-i-lodgers-in-queer-street

## Who they are

Jenny Wren's drunken and abusive father, who eventually dies.

## In the story

### [Still Educational](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/ii-still-educational)

Jenny Wren's father; returns home drunk, is scolded and forced to hand over his money, then sent to bed.

### [Scouts Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/x-scouts-out)

Jenny Wren's drunken father, sent to fetch her bonnet and shawl; later visits Eugene as Mr. Dolls to sell Lizzie's address.

### [A Few Grains of Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/viii-a-few-grains-of-pepper)

Jenny's alcoholic father, tormented by guilt over stealing from her; moans 'Sixty threepennorths' in remorse.

### [Two Places Vacated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/ix-two-places-vacated)

Dies after a drunken fit in Covent Garden, pursued by police and taunted by street children.

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