Our Mutual Friend

Dickens, Charles

£8.50

A rich and complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, sharp social comment and telling detail – these are all aspects of “our mutual friend”. The book begins like “Little Dorrit”, as a satire on wealth and its corrupting power, symbolized by the inheritance of a dust-heap and represented by the changing fortunes of Boffin, the golden dustman, and by the brilliant portrayal of the upstart veneerings and their circle. In this book, there is a new preoccupation with the Dickensian genius resulting in a greater inwardness and a fascination with extreme situations. In the last novel that he completed, Dickens seemed to be about to make yet another advance in the practice of his art.

Pre-order

Publish Date: 01/06/2097
ISBN: 9780140862744 Tag:

Additional information

Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Other

Pages
Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.8

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K