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 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: Mrs. Wilfer, Jenny Wren, Anastatia Veneering, Mortimer Lightwood, John Harmon, Hamilton Veneering, Lizzie Hexam, Alfred Lammle, Bob Gliddery, John Podsnap, Silas Wegg, Nicodemus Boffin, Mr. Riah, George Sampson, Eugene Wrayburn, Emma Peecher, Betty Higden, Reginald Wilfer, Henrietta Boffin, Georgiana Podsnap, Mr. Fledgeby, Bradley Headstone, Pleasant Riderhood, Abbey Potterson, Jesse Hexam, Lavinia Wilfer, Roger Riderhood, Sophronia Lammle, Sloppy, Lady Tippins, Melvin Twemlow, Bella Wilfer, Charley Hexam, Mr. Venus, Mrs. Podsnap
genres: Literature, Audiobook, Classics, Novels, Classic Literature, Victorian, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 28903
places: London, England
publisher: Bantam Books