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