Our mutual friend
Dickens, Charles, 1812-18702011
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John Harmon is a young man estranged from his family, yet nonetheless on his way from South Africa to London to receive his inheritance - but, according to his father's will, he can only claim it if he marries Bella Wilfer, a beautiful London girl whom he has never met. 'Perhaps his greatest work. The great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental' William BoydWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but has never met. When Harmon's body is pulled out of the Thames, all of London is fascinated by the mystery of the murdered man and his unclaimed riches. Scavengers, social-climbers, lawyers and teachers, a money-lender and a dolls-dressmaker, men and women both honest and villainous, will all become embroiled in this tale of love and obsession, death and rebirth. **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Main title:
Our mutual friend / Charles Dickens.
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Edition:
[New ed.] / with an introduction by Nick Hornby.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2011.
Collation:
xxi, 832 p. ; 20 cm.
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ISBN:
9780099540694 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8
LC class:
PR4568.A1
Language:
English
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BRN:
932502