Our Mutual Friend,9780460882170

Our Mutual Friend

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ISBN13: 9780460882170
ISBN10: 0460882171
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): Tuttle Pub
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
ix
Note on the Author, Editor and Series Editor xi
Chronology of Dickens's Life and Times xiv
Series Editor's Preface xxii
Introduction xxiii
Note on the Text and Illustrations xxxii
Dedication xxxix
BOOK THE FIRST. THE CUP AND THE LIP
On the Look-Out
3(4)
The Man from Somewhere
7(12)
Another Man
19(14)
The R. Wilfer Family
33(13)
Boffin's Bower
46(17)
Cut Adrift
63(17)
Mr Wegg Looks After Himself
80(10)
Mr Boffin in Consultation
90(13)
Mr and Mrs Boffin in Consultation
103(16)
A Marriage Contract
119(15)
Podsnappery
134(17)
The Sweat of an Honest Man's Brow
151(16)
Tracking the Bird of Prey
167(11)
The Bird of Prey Brought Down
178(9)
Two New Servants
187(15)
Minders and Reminders
202(17)
A Dismal Swamp
219(8)
BOOK THE SECOND. BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Of an Educational Character
227(19)
Still Educational
246(13)
A Piece of Work
259(12)
Cupid Prompted
271(13)
Mercury Prompting
284(16)
A Riddle Without an Answer
300(15)
In which a Friendly Move is Originated
315(11)
In which an Innocent Elopement Occurs
326(17)
In which the Orphan Makes his Will
343(9)
A Successor
352(7)
Some Affairs of the Heart
359(12)
More Birds of Prey
371(16)
A Solo and a Duett
387(15)
Strong of Purpose
402(14)
The Whole Case so far
416(17)
An Anniversary Occasion
433(16)
BOOK THE THIRD. A LONG LANE
Lodgers in Queer Street
449(12)
A Respected Friend in a New Aspect
461(12)
The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects than One
473(7)
A Happy Return of the Day
480(12)
The Golden Dustman falls into Bad Company
492(16)
The Golden Dustman falls into Worse Company
508(16)
The Friendly Move takes up a Strong Position
524(13)
The End of a Long Journey
537(13)
Somebody becomes the Subject of a Prediction
550(17)
Scouts Out
567(14)
In the Dark
581(10)
Meaning Mischief
591(10)
Give a Dog a Bad Name, and Hang Him
601(10)
Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffin's Nose
611(14)
The Golden Dustman at his Worst
625(16)
The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins
641(16)
A Social Chorus
657(14)
BOOK THE FOURTH. A TURNING
Setting Traps
671(13)
The Golden Dustman Rises a Little
684(10)
The Golden Dustman Sinks Again
694(10)
A Runaway Match
704(11)
Concerning the Mendicant's Bride
715(18)
A Cry for Help
733(14)
Better to be Abel than Cain
747(12)
A Few Grains of Pepper
759(12)
Two Places Vacated
771(12)
The Dolls' Dressmaker Discovers a Word
783(7)
Effect is Given to the Dolls' Dressmaker's Discovery
790(13)
The Passing Shadow
803(14)
Showing how the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust
817(12)
Checkmate to the Friendly Move
829(12)
What was caught in the Traps that were set
841(13)
Persons and Things in General
854(21)
Chapter the Last The Voice of Society
865(7)
Postscript, In Lieu of Preface
872(3)
Notes 875(30)
Appendix A: Our Mutual Friend and Dickens's Book of Memoranda 905(3)
Appendix B: Running Titles in the Charles Dickens Edition 908(6)
Dickens and His Critics 914(7)
Suggestions for Further Reading 921(2)
Text Summary 923

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