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Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens
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Description for Our Mutual Friend
Paperback. Dickens' last completed novel traces John Harmon's covert observation of Bella Wilfer, whom he must marry if he is to inherit a fortune. Editor(s): Cotsell, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 46. Weight in Grams: 598.
Following his father's death John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance, but he finds he is eligible only if he marries Bella Wilfur. To observe her character he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. Disguise and concealment play an important role in the novel and individual identity is examined within the wider setting of London life: in the 1860s the city was aflame with spiralling financial speculation while thousands of homeless scratched a living from the detritus of the more fortunate-indeed John Harmon's father has amassed his ... Read more
Following his father's death John Harmon returns to London to claim his inheritance, but he finds he is eligible only if he marries Bella Wilfur. To observe her character he assumes another identity and secures work with his father's foreman, Mr Boffin, who is also Bella's guardian. Disguise and concealment play an important role in the novel and individual identity is examined within the wider setting of London life: in the 1860s the city was aflame with spiralling financial speculation while thousands of homeless scratched a living from the detritus of the more fortunate-indeed John Harmon's father has amassed his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199536252
SKU
V9780199536252
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99-18
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