Our mutual friend, no. 04

Public

Last complete novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as that of John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his inheritance. Were he alive, his father's will would require him to marry Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he had never met. Instead, the money passes to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread into various corners of London society. Issued monthly from May 1864 to November 1865 in illustrated green paper covers. Chapters 11-13: Chapter 11. Podsnappery -- Chapter 12. The sweat of an honest man's brow -- Chapter 13. Tracking the bird of prey

In Collection:
Creator Contributor Subject Publisher Language Identifier
  • Call Number: PR4568 A1 1864
Date created Relation Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 20 volumes in 19
Alternative title
  • Book the first: The cup and the lip
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 51.50853, -0.12574
Additional physical characteristics
  • Illustrations.
Physical repository Collection
  • Victorian Serial Novels Collection
Provider Genre Date digitized
  • December 14, 2010
Technical note
  • 24 bit color 400 dpi BMP; 24 bit color 150 dpi med quality (5) JPG; scanned 14Dec10-9Mar11 by CDW and SC; metadata by GF and KD.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
DOI

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