Description
With an Introduction and Notes by Deborah Wynne, Chester College. Illustrated by Marcus Stone.
Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes.
The chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his father's heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance.
The story is filled with colourful characters and incidents - the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas Wegg.
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 05/05/1997
Pages: 832
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.90w x 1.80d
ISBN13: 9781853261947
ISBN10: 1853261947
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
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