Our Mutual Friend

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Publisher Place: Oxford
Publisher Year: 1990
Edition: Reprint

Description: 852 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, "Our Mutual Friend" revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heaps expected heir, is found in the Thames, fortunes change hands surprisingly, raising to new heights "Noddy" Boffin, a low-born but kindly clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman." Charles Dickenss last complete novel, "Our Mutual Friend" encompasses the great themes of his earlier works: the pretensions of the nouveaux riches, the ingenuousness of the aspiring poor, and the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt all who crave it. With its flavorful cast of characters and numerous subplots, "Our Mutual Friend" is one of Dickenss most complex--and satisfying--novels.

ISBN: 9780192817952