Our Mutual Friend was Charles Dickens' last completed novel, and some believe his most sophisticated. A young man discovers that he must marry a mercenary young woman before he can claim his inheritance. He is on his way to do his father's bidding...
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Our Mutual Friend was Charles Dickens' last completed novel, and some believe his most sophisticated. A young man discovers that he must marry a mercenary young woman before he can claim his inheritance. He is on his way to do his father's bidding when a body discovered in the Thames is identified as his, and his inheritance passes instead to Boffins, a working class man. The effects are felt through all levels of society
Title; Contents; BOOK THE FIRST - THE CUP AND THE LIP; Chapter 1 On the Look Out; Chapter 2 The Man from Somewhere; Chapter 3 Another Man; Chapter 4 The R. Wilfer Family; Chapter 5 Boffin's Bower; Chapter 6 Cut Adrift; Chapter 7 Mr Wegg Looks After Himself; Chapter 8 Mr Boffin in Consultation; Chapter 9 Mr and Mrs Boffin in Consultation; Chapter 10 A Marriage Contract; Chapter 11 Podsnappery; Chapter 12 The Sweat of an Honest Man's Brow; Chapter 13 Tracking the Bird of Prey; Chapter 14 The Bird of Prey Brought Down; Chapter 15 Two New Servants; Chapter 16 Minders and ReMinders
Chapter 17 A Dismal SwampBOOK THE SECOND - BIRDS OF A FEATHER; Chapter 1 Of an Educational Character; Chapter 2 Still Educational; Chapter 3 A Piece of Work; Chapter 4 Cupid Prompted; Chapter 5 Mercury Prompting; Chapter 6 A Riddle Without an Answer; Chapter 7 In Which a Friendly Move is Originated; Chapter 8 In Which an Innocent Elopement Occurs; Chapter 9 In Which the Orphan Makes His Will; Chapter 10 A Successor; Chapter 11 Some Affairs of the Heart; Chapter 12 More Birds of Prey; Chapter 13 A Solo and a Duett; Chapter 14 Strong of Purpose; Chapter 15 The Whole Case so Far
Chapter 16 An Anniversary OccasionBOOK THE THIRD - A LONG LANE; Chapter 1 Lodgers in Queer Street; Chapter 2 A Respected Friend in a New Aspect; Chapter 3 The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects than One; Chapter 4 A Happy Return of the Day; Chapter 5 The Golden Dustman Falls into Bad Company; Chapter 6 The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company; Chapter 7 The Friendly Move Takes Up a Strong Position; Chapter 8 The End of a Long Journey; Chapter 9 Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction; Chapter 10 Scouts Out; Chapter 11 In the Dark; Chapter 12 Meaning Mischief
Chapter 13 Give a Dog a Bad Name, and Hang HimChapter 14 Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffin's Nose; Chapter 15 The Golden Dustman at His Worst; Chapter 16 The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins; Chapter 17 A Social Chorus; BOOK THE FOURTH - A TURNING; Chapter 1 Setting Traps; Chapter 2 The Golden Dustman Rises a Little; Chapter 3 The Golden Dustman Sinks Again; Chapter 4 A Runaway Match; Chapter 5 Concerning the Mendicant's Bride; Chapter 6 A Cry for Help; Chapter 7 Better to Be Abel than Cain; Chapter 8 A Few Grains of Pepper; Chapter 9 Two Places Vacated
Chapter 10 The Dolls' Dressmaker Discovers a WordChapter 11 Effect is Given to the Dolls' Dressmaker's Discovery; Chapter 12 The Passing Shadow; Chapter 13 Showing How the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust; Chapter 14 Checkmate to the Friendly Move; Chapter 15 What was Caught in the Traps that Were Set; Chapter 16 Persons and Things in General; Chapter 17 The Voice of Society; Postscript In Lieu of Preface;
