# Mr. Sladden — The Book of Wonder character guide

> Mr. Sladden in The Book of Wonder by Lord Dunsany.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0002-the-book-of-wonder

## Snapshot

A dreamy clerk at Mergin and Chater who spies a golden-dragon city through his wonderful window and quietly pledges his heart to an unknown king.

## Who they are

Mr. Sladden works his neat frock-coat among the counters of a London emporium, but each dawn he gazes through a window that opens onto an inaccessible city of archers and gilded balconies. He loves its little golden dragons on a white field with the ache of an exile, and his secret ambition is to fight for them. His longing drives the story's quiet question: what is a man worth when his true allegiance lies in a world no one else can see.

## Relationships

### [Mergin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/mergin)

_professional_

Mergin and Mr. Sladden have a tense professional relationship, likely as master and servant or colleagues in a strange household.

### [Chater](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/characters/chater)

_professional_

Chater and Mr. Sladden have a formal professional dynamic, possibly as employer and employee or fellow servants.

## In the story

### [The Wonderful Window](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_book_of_wonder_se/chapters/the-wonderful-window)

The protagonist who buys the magical window and becomes enamored with the Golden Dragon City.

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