Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens > Reviews

Advantages: Rewarding, interesting and a real, cosy, ol' fashioned story!
Disadvantages: Quite a large time investment involved

Our Mutual Friend, By Charles Dickens Some Background The novel was originally published in 1865 and was his last completed work before his death in the summer of 1870. During the latter years of his writing career Dickens moved away from the more comic plots of his earlier years, and developed a far more complex and brooding style. Our Mutual Friend typifies this formula with its numerous, complicated and interlinked plot lines set largely ... Read review

Advantages: It's a cracking good read! You'll look super-smart if you've read this one!!
Disadvantages: A time commitment - this is a long book!

Our Mutual Friend is the perfect companion for either your summer or winter holiday. Whether reading it on the beach or curled up next to the fire it is a gripping tale of love's triumph over greed and Society. The story begins with an inheritance due to John Harmon as long as he returns to England and marries a girl unknown to him. Upon a body found in the river being identified as his, he decides to live in disguise and get to know this girl. The ... Read review