Browse books

Our Mutual Friend

By Charles Dickens

Cover of Our Mutual Friend

Cover: Reflections on the Thames, Westminster (1880), oil on canvas by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1893)

Our Mutual Friend, published in 1864–1865, is the fourteenth and final novel completed by English author Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quoting the book's character Bella Wilfer, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life".

Summary source: Wikipedia: Our Mutual Friend · CC BY-SA 4.0

Start reading

Table of contents

  1. 1: On the Look Out
  2. 2: The Man from Somewhere
  3. 3: Another Man
  4. 4: The R. Wilfer Family
  5. 5: Boffin’s Bower
  6. 6: Cut Adrift
  7. 7: Mr Wegg Looks After Himself
  8. 8: Mr Boffin in Consultation
  9. 9: Mr and Mrs Boffin in Consultation
  10. 10: A Marriage Contract
  11. 11: Podsnappery
  12. 12: The Sweat of an Honest Man’s Brow
  13. 13: Tracking the Bird of Prey
  14. 14: The Bird of Prey Brought Down
  15. 15: Two New Servants
  16. 16: Minders and Re-Minders
  17. 17: A Dismal Swamp
  18. 18: Of an Educational Character
  19. 19: Still Educational
  20. 20: A Piece of Work
  21. 21: Cupid Prompted
  22. 22: Mercury Prompting
  23. 23: A Riddle Without an Answer
  24. 24: In Which a Friendly Move Is Originated
  25. 25: In Which an Innocent Elopement Occurs
  26. 26: In Which the Orphan Makes His Will
  27. 27: A Successor
  28. 28: Some Affairs of the Heart
  29. 29: More Birds of Prey
  30. 30: A Solo and a Duett
  31. 31: Strong of Purpose
  32. 32: The Whole Case So Far
  33. 33: An Anniversary Occasion
  34. 34: Lodgers in Queer Street
  35. 35: A Respected Friend in a New Aspect
  36. 36: The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects Than One
  37. 37: A Happy Return of the Day
  38. 38: The Golden Dustman Falls into Bad Company
  39. 39: The Golden Dustman Falls into Worse Company
  40. 40: The Friendly Move Takes Up a Strong Position
  41. 41: The End of a Long Journey
  42. 42: Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction
  43. 43: Scouts Out
  44. 44: In the Dark
  45. 45: Meaning Mischief
  46. 46: Give a Dog a Bad Name, and Hang Him
  47. 47: Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffin’s Nose
  48. 48: The Golden Dustman at His Worst
  49. 49: The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins
  50. 50: A Social Chorus
  51. 51: Setting Traps
  52. 52: The Golden Dustman Rises a Little
  53. 53: The Golden Dustman Sinks Again
  54. 54: A Runaway Match
  55. 55: Concerning the Mendicant’s Bride
  56. 56: A Cry for Help
  57. 57: Better to Be Abel Than Cain
  58. 58: A Few Grains of Pepper
  59. 59: Two Places Vacated
  60. 60: The Dolls’ Dressmaker Discovers a Word
  61. 61: Effect Is Given to the Dolls’ Dressmaker’s Discovery
  62. 62: The Passing Shadow
  63. 63: Showing How the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust
  64. 64: Checkmate to the Friendly Move
  65. 65: What Was Caught in the Traps That Were Set
  66. 66: Persons and Things in General
  67. 67: The Voice of Society