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Our Mutual Friend

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. The story centers on the effects of greed and the corruption that money brings.

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.

Browse the Dickens Serial Novels collection or follow direct links to each issue of this title:

Volume I, Book the First No. I -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
No. II -- Chapters 5, 6 and 7 No. III -- Chapters 8, 9 and 10
No. IV -- Chapters 11, 12 and 13 No. V -- Chapters 14, 15, 16 and 17
Volume I, Book the Second No. VI -- Chapters 1, 2 and 3
No. VII -- Chapters 4, 5, and 6 No. VIII -- Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 10
No. IX -- Chapters 11, 12 and 13 No. X -- Chapters 14, 15, and 16
Volume II, Book the Third No. XI -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
No. XII -- Chapters 5, 6, and 7 No. XIII -- Chapters 8, 9, and 10
No. XIV -- Chapters 11, 12, 13, and 14 No. XV -- Chapters 15, 16, and 17
Volume II, Book the Fourth No. XVI -- Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4
No. XVII -- Chapters 5, 6, and 7 No. XVIII -- Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11
No. XIX-XX -- Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 (Chapter the Last)
Our Mutual Friend issue 1 cover

 

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