First Entry for Our Mutual Friend 3/8/11

I just started reading the first couple chapters of the book, 'Our Mutual Friend.' It is taking a lot longer for me to read because Dickens introduces an entire world of vocabulary I've never heard of, so I am looking up what the words mean as I go along in reading the book. Right now I can tell Dickens is setting up the characters, and showing what having money can do with friendships.  So far there have been two different stories with two completely different people. I think Dickens is going to show with completely different stories, how money can effect everything about a person's lifestyle, and how other people might act around them. The terminology is very different in Dickens book, but reading the rest of the sentence gives me a clue of what he means.