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Georgiana Podsnap
Mr. Venus runs a taxidermy shop and is a friend of Silas Wegg. He eventually marries Pleasant Riderhood. Venus briefly gets involved with Wegg’s plan to blackmail Noddy Boffin with a will that Wegg discovered in the dust mounds near Boffin’s former home, but Venus’s conscience gets the better of him, and he reveals the whole plan to Boffin.
Mr. Venus Quotes in Our Mutual Friend
The Our Mutual Friend quotes below are all either spoken by Mr. Venus or refer to Mr. Venus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Chapter 6 Quotes
“Do you like what Wegg’s been a-reading?”
Mr Venus answered that he found it extremely interesting.
“Then come again,” said Mr Boffin, “and hear some more. Come when you like; come the day after to-morrow, half an hour sooner. There’s plenty more; there’s no end to it.”
Mr Venus expressed his acknowledgments and accepted the invitation.
“It’s wonderful what’s been hid, at one time and another,” said Mr Boffin, ruminating; “truly wonderful.”
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Mr. Venus Character Timeline in Our Mutual Friend
The timeline below shows where the character Mr. Venus appears in Our Mutual Friend. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Chapter 7
...decides to take a longer route that leads him to a local taxidermist named Mr. Venus. The two know each other, but Venus hasn’t seen Wegg since before Wegg’s leg amputation....
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Book 2, Chapter 7
One day, while he’s watching over the Bower, Wegg invites over his old friend Mr. Venus. Wegg tells Venus that although Boffin inherited a fortune recently, Wegg has learned to content...
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Wegg decides that he and Mr. Venus should search the dust Mounds together and split what they find (particularly since Wegg needs...
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Book 3, Chapter 6
One evening, Mr. Venus comes to visit Wegg at the Bower. The two of them have still been searching...
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After Wegg and Mr. Venus help arrange the books, Boffin asks Wegg to read him a story about a miser....
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When Boffin finally leaves, Wegg tells Mr. Venus that they should secretly follow him. Wegg believes that Boffin has learned about a treasure...
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Book 3, Chapter 7
Wegg apologizes to Venus and is glad that Venus stopped him from trying to steal the bottle from Boffin....
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Wegg proposes cutting the will in half so that he and Venus each have a piece. Venus thinks that might invalidate it, so he proposes instead that...
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Venus mentions that he is interested in Pleasant, but she rejected him. Wegg begins to secretly...
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Book 3, Chapter 14
Silas Wegg continues reading for Noddy Boffin, bringing Mr. Venus along sometimes as Boffin said he could. One such evening, Venus passes a slip of...
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Boffin fears that if Venus doesn’t go along with Wegg’s plan, Wegg will just blackmail Boffin for the same amount...
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Just then, Wegg arrives to see Venus. Boffin hides behind a taxidermy alligator so that he can overhear everything. Venus encourages Wegg...
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Book 4, Chapter 3
Boffin talks with Venus about when he expects Wegg to make his next move. When Wegg does indeed come...
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...that Wegg claims to have that will ruin Boffin. Wegg agrees and leads him to Venus’s store, where they’ve been keeping it. Wegg lets Boffin see old Mr. Harmon’s will, making...
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Book 4, Chapter 14
...up in the Mounds, nevertheless prepares to make his move against Boffin. He goes to Venus’s taxidermy shop.
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Wegg is surprised at how clean Venus’s shop looks, and he says that he’s had help from a woman: Pleasant Riderhood. Wegg...
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...services, but Wegg refuses. Sloppy takes Wegg and throws him out onto the street while Venus holds the door open.
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