Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864-65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. The story centers on the effects of greed and the corruption that money brings.
In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his inheritance. Were he alive, his father's will would require him to marry Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he had never met. Instead, the money passes to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread into various corners of London society.
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Direct links to each issue of this title:
Volume I, Book the First
- No. I -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
- No. II -- Chapters 5, 6 and 7
- No. III -- Chapters 8, 9 and 10
- No. IV -- Chapters 11, 12 and 13
- No. V -- Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17
Volume I, Book the Second
- No. VI -- Chapters 1, 2 and 3
- No. VII -- Chapters 4, 5, and 6
- No. VIII -- Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10
- No. IX -- Chapters 11, 12 and 13
- No. X -- Chapters 14, 15, and 16
Volume II, Book the Third
- No. XI -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
- No. XII -- Chapters 5, 6, and 7
- No. XIII -- Chapters 8, 9, and 10
- No. XIV -- Chapters 11, 12, 13, and 14
- No. XV -- Chapters 15, 16, and 17
Volume II, Book the Fourth
- No. XVI -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
- No. XVII -- Chapters 5, 6, and 7
- No. XVIII -- Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11
- No. XIX-XX -- Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 (Chapter the Last)
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