num_pages: 801
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-heap’s 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 Dickens’s 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 Dickens’s most complex—and satisfying—novels.
language: English
title: Our Mutual Friend
titlecomplete: Our Mutual Friend
characters: Sophronia Lammle, Eugene Wrayburn, Mrs. Wilfer, Pleasant Riderhood, Anastatia Veneering, Georgiana Podsnap, Reginald Wilfer, Alfred Lammle, Sloppy, Lady Tippins, Abbey Potterson, Henrietta Boffin, Bella Wilfer, Bradley Headstone, Emma Peecher, Nicodemus Boffin, Silas Wegg, Hamilton Veneering, Jesse Hexam, Mrs. Podsnap, Lavinia Wilfer, Bob Gliddery, John Harmon, Roger Riderhood, John Podsnap, Betty Higden, Melvin Twemlow, George Sampson, Jenny Wren, Lizzie Hexam, Charley Hexam, Mr. Venus, Mr. Riah, Mortimer Lightwood, Mr. Fledgeby
genres: Audiobook, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Victorian, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 28900
places: London, England
publisher: Modern Library