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Our Mutual Friend, Version 2

by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870)

52 - Book 4 Chap. 02 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE

Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but is also about human values. In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as 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. (Wikipedia)

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53 - Book 4 Chap. 03 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN SINKS AGAIN , 54 - Book 4 Chap. 04 A RUNAWAY MATCH , 55 - Book 4 Chap. 05 CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE , 56 - Book 4 Chap. 06 A CRY FOR HELP , 57 - Book 4 Chap. 07 BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN , 58 - Book 4 Chap. 08 A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER , 59 - Book 4 Chap. 09 TWO PLACES VACATED , 60 - Book 4 Chap. 10 THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD , 61 - Book 4 Chap. 11 EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY , 62 - Book 4 Chap. 12 THE PASSING SHADOW , 63 - Book 4 Chap. 13 SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST , 64 - Book 4 Chap. 14 CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE , 65 - Book 4 Chap. 15 WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET , 66 - Book 4 Chap. 16 PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL , 67 - Book 4 Chap. 17 THE VOICE OF SOCIETY , 68 - POSTSCRIPT, IN LIEU OF PREFACE