# Mrs. Veneering — Our Mutual Friend character guide

> Mrs. Veneering in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Veneering, Anastatia Veneering, Anastatia

**First appearance:** 0011-xi-podsnappery

## Who they are

Social-climbing wife of Mr. Veneering, obsessed with fashionable dinner parties.

## In the story

### [A Marriage Contract](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/x-a-marriage-contract)

Co-hostess, flaunting wealth with diamonds and emeralds, but overshadowed by Mrs. Podsnap.

### [A Piece of Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/iii-a-piece-of-work)

Devotedly supports her husband's campaign; relinquishes baby to nurse and orders out the carriage.

### [A Social Chorus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/xvii-a-social-chorus)

Co-hosts the dinner and expresses shock at the Lammles' living beyond their means.

### [The Voice of Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_mutual_friend_se/chapters/xvii-the-voice-of-society)

Co-hosts the dinner, enthusiastically supporting Lady Tippins's committee game.

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