Our Mutual FriendWordsworth Editions, 1997 - 832 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. |
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BOOK ONE I On the Lookout 37 | 3 |
The Man from Somewhere | 7 |
Another Man | 17 |
The R Wilfer Family | 30 |
Boffins Bower | 41 |
Cut Adrift | 56 |
Mr Wegg Looks After Himself | 72 |
Mr Boffin in Consultation | 81 |
The Golden Dustman Falls into Bad Company | 436 |
Bibliomania of the Golden Dustman | 443 |
The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company | 450 |
The Friendly Move Takes up a Strong Position | 465 |
The evil genius of the house of Boffin | 475 |
The End of a Long Journey | 476 |
Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction | 488 |
Scouts Out | 503 |
Mr and Mrs Boffin in Consultation | 93 |
A Marriage Contract | 107 |
Podsnappery | 120 |
Podsnappery | 125 |
The Sweat of an Honest Mans Brow | 135 |
Tracking the Bird of Prey | 150 |
The Bird of Prey Brought Down | 160 |
Two New Servants | 168 |
Minders and Reminders | 181 |
A Dismal Swamp | 196 |
BOOK TWO I Of an Educational Character | 201 |
Still Educational | 219 |
A Piece of Work | 229 |
Cupid Prompted | 239 |
A Riddle Without an Answer | 266 |
In Which a Friendly Move is Originated | 279 |
In Which an Innocent Elopement Occurs | 289 |
In Which the Orphan Makes his Will | 304 |
A Successor | 313 |
Some Affairs of the Heart | 319 |
More Birds of Prey | 330 |
A Solo and a Duet | 344 |
Strong of Purpose | 358 |
The Whole Case So Far | 369 |
An Anniversary Occasion | 386 |
BOOK THREE I Lodgers in Queer Street | 397 |
A Respected Friend in a New Aspect | 408 |
The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects than One | 418 |
A Happy Return of the Day | 425 |
In the Dark | 516 |
Meaning Mischief | 525 |
Give a Dog a Bad Name and Hang Him | 534 |
Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffins Nose | 543 |
The Golden Dustman at his Worst | 555 |
The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins | 570 |
The lovely woman has her fortune told | 583 |
A Social Chorus | 584 |
BOOK FOUR 1 Setting Traps | 596 |
The Golden Dustman Rises a Little | 606 |
The Golden Dustman Sinks Again | 616 |
A Runaway Match | 626 |
Concerning the Mendicants Bride | 636 |
A Cry for Help | 651 |
Better to be Abel than Cain | 664 |
A Few Grains of Pepper | 674 |
Better to be Abel than Cain | 675 |
Two Places Vacated | 685 |
The Dolls Dressmaker Discovers a Word | 696 |
Effect is Given to the Dolls Dressmakers Discovery | 704 |
The Passing Shadow | 714 |
Showing How the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust | 728 |
Checkmate to the Friendly Move | 738 |
What was Caught in the Traps that were Set | 749 |
Persons and Things in General | 760 |
THE LAST The Voice of Society | 770 |
POSTSCRIPT In Lieu of Preface | 776 |
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