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Our Mutual Friend
Classic fiction
Our Mutual Friend
A fortune built from London's refuse heaps is left to John Harmon, but only if he marries Bella Wilfer, a woman he has never met. When Harmon is believed drowned, the inheritance passes to the kindly Boffins while he assumes another identity to observe Bella and investigate the danger surrounding his supposed death. A parallel story follows Lizzie Hexam, whose father's work recovering bodies from the Thames pulls her into class conflict and unwanted pursuit. Darkly comic and intricately plotted, this final completed Dickens novel suits a misty weekend for readers who enjoy concealed identities, money's corrupting force, river mysteries, and characters tested by sudden wealth.
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Murder and severe physical violence; drowning and repeated discovery/handling of corpses; attempted murder; alcohol misuse; antisemitic stereotyping; death and grief; coercive romantic pursuit.
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