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Our Mutual Friend Paperback / softback - 2017
by Charles Dickens
- New
- Paperback
Description
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Details
- Title Our Mutual Friend
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Condition New
- Pages 864
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications
- Date 2017-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780486812458
- ISBN 9780486812458 / 0486812456
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 4.9 x 1.9 in (20.32 x 12.45 x 4.83 cm)
- Reading level 1090
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects London (England), Love stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016044717
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
From the rear cover
Of all the Dickens I've read ... Our Mutual Friend remains my favorite.--Jane Smiley.
A young man returns from abroad to claim his inheritance--but he never arrives and is presumed to have drowned in the Thames. Mr. and Mrs. Boffin, a warmhearted, working-class couple, are the next heirs in line, and their generosity is tested when their windfall opens the door to a vast gallery of scoundrels, strivers, and social climbers.
Charles Dickens's genius for observing and characterizing people from every walk of life sparkles in this, his final complete novel. The great storyteller's cast of extraordinary personalities ranges from grasping Mr. Podsnap and greedy Silas Wegg to selfless Lizzie Hexam, insanely jealous Bradley Headstone, and spoiled Bella Wilfer, whose initial disappointment paves the way for a change of heart. Blending elements of mystery, horror, romance, and farce, Dickens paints a brooding portrait of the minds and motives of desperate people as well as a delightful satire of middle-class snobbery.
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First Edition Identification
The book was first serialized from 1864-1865 in 19 monthly installments. It was then published as a novel in 1865 by Chapman & Hall, London, with 40 illustration plates by Marcus Stone.