Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens, Richard Gaughan

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English

Modern Library
15 September 2002

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Modern Library Classics

"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 works- 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."

By: Charles Dickens
Introduction by: Richard Gaughan
Imprint: Modern Library
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 601g
ISBN: 9780375761140
ISBN 10: 0375761144
Series: Modern Library Classics
Pages: 880
Publication Date: 15 September 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard T. Gaughan received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and his Ph.D. from Brown University. He is currently an associate professor of English at the University of Central Arkansas.

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The fact that Dickens is always thought of as a caricaturist, although he was constantly trying to be something else, is perhaps the surest mark of his genius. --George Orwell