Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (English) Paperback Book

Description: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, Adrian Poole Tells a story spanning all levels of Victorian society. This book centres on an inheritance - Old Harmons profitable dust heaps - and its legatees, young John Harmon, presumed drowned when a body is pulled out of the River Thames, and kindly dustman Mr Boffin, to whom the fortune defaults. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Dickens last completed novel portraying a dark, macabre LondonOur Mutual Friend centres on an inheritance - Old Harmons profitable dust heaps - and its legatees, young John Harmon, presumed drowned when a body is pulled out of the River Thames, and kindly dustman Mr Boffin, to whom the fortune defaults.With brilliant satire, Dickens portrays a dark, macabre London, inhabited by such disparate characters as Gaffer Hexam, scavenging the river for corpses; enchanting, mercenary Bella Wilfer; the social climbing Veneerings; and the unscrupulous street-trader Silas Wegg. The novel is richly symbolic in its vision of death and renewal in a city dominated by the fetid Thames, and the corrupting power of money. Notes A new addition to the Penguin Classics series. Author Biography Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenal success of his PICKWICK PAPERS. He held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. Adrian Poole is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Review The great poet of the city. He was created by London —Peter AckroydAdrian Poole writes in his introduction to this new edition, In its vast scope and perilous ambitions it has much in common with Bleak House and Little Dorrit, but its manner is more stealthy, on edge, enigmatic. Promotional Charles Dickenss last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend is a glorious satire spanning all levels of Victorian society, edited with an introduction by Adrian Poole in Penguin Classics. Review Quote The great poet of the city. He was created by London Promotional "Headline" Charles Dickenss last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend is a glorious satire spanning all levels of Victorian society, edited with an introduction by Adrian Poole in Penguin Classics. Details ISBN0140434976 Pages 928 Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0140434976 ISBN-13 9780140434972 Media Book Illustrations Yes Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 2nd Edited by Adrian Poole Birth 1812 Author Adrian Poole Death 1870 Tag pengblackclassics Short Title OUR MUTUAL FRIEND REV/E Edition Description Revised Format Paperback Residence ENK Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780140434972 UK Release Date 1997-06-26 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1997 Publication Date 1997-06-26 Alternative 9780141920290 DEWEY 823.8 Audience General NZ Release Date 1997-06-25 AU Release Date 1997-06-25 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1283380;

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