Our mutual friend
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18701998
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Dickens' last completed novel traces John Harmon's covert observation of Bella Wilfer, whom he must marry if he is to inherit a fortune. "Our Mutual Friend" was first published in monthly parts in 1864-5 and was Dickens' last completed novel. It is rich in imagery and themes, a monument to Dickens' abiding concern with the structure of society and the potential for change and progress. This edition includes explanatory notes.;The novel follows the fortunes of Bella Wilfer, denied an inheritance by the death of the man she was to marry, and the Boffins, who receive the bequest in her place.
Main title:
Our mutual friend / Charles Dickens.
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited and with an introduction and notes by Michael Cotsell.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Collation:
xxvi, 822 p. ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1989.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780192835239 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
3852615
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