Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend is the last novel Charles Dickens completed, published in parts between 1864 and 1865, and one of his richest and darkest. It opens with a body pulled from the Thames and a fortune tied to a dead man’s will, and from there spins out a vast story of money, greed, and disguise, in which a murdered heir, a scheming pair of social climbers, and a boatman’s daughter are all drawn together. Around the great dust heaps that stand for the city’s buried wealth, Dickens draws his most searching picture of a society that measures everything by cash. Strange, funny, and profound, it is a fitting summit of his art. This free PDF and EPUB offers the complete novel.
About the Author
Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812–1870) was an English novelist and social critic, widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His literary genius is evident in his creation of some of the world’s most iconic fictional characters. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens faced adversity…
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