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Our Mutual Friend (Modern Library Classics) [Paperback]

Charles Dickens (Author)
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IN THESE TIMES OF OURS, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark Bridge, which is of iron, and London Bridge, which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing in. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you only buy one Dickens Aug 27 1999
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Format:Paperback
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Dickens writes a towering saga of greed and love and jealousy and manifold other emotions.

At times it seems as though the happy ending will never come, yet at the end wrong is righted and the heroine wed.

Forget this book as great literature - it probably is -(I'm just not pompous enough to say so) This book is a book that makes you glad you read it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Like Jane Austen... Mar 31 1999
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Format:Hardcover
Charles Dickens novel "Our Mutual Friend" is by far the best novel I've read to date. He masterfully portrayed Victorian London society, and the overwhelming emphasis of money at that time. In this novel Dickins work is similar to that of Jane Austen, aside from the dark underlying settings the novel at times goes. This book by far to me, is a story of how love conquers all, even money.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dickens' Novel Shows Humor of Human Nature. Jan 14 1999
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Format:Hardcover
I was first drawn to this book when I watched the mini-series on PBS and thought it facinating. So many reviews said it was "dark and dreary", but I found it to show the humor in so many outragous situations. The book presented a good handful of characters who were extremely selfish and greedy, yet through Dickens' amazing skills they became good once more. He shows that people are not one sided, nor can they ever be. They have a well of emotions and usually don't know why they do what they do.

Yes, the book may have a dark and complicated twist to it, but everyday life is not a walk through the park. It is full of tough decisions that we must face head on. Dickens' showed this brilliantly.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Perils of greed
The general background theme of this very Dickensian and complicated work is the perils of greed for money in what for Dickens was contemporary society. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2010 by Rodge
4.0 out of 5 stars A Patchwork of Plot Lines
One character in Dicken's novel, Our Mutual Friend, the crippled Jenny Wren pieces together scraps of cloth and thread out of London's refuse to create beautiful doll gowns for... Read more
Published on April 7 2004 by "mr_corvo"
2.0 out of 5 stars Dickensian Quagmire
"Our Mutual Friend" is the last of Dickens's completed novels, and apart from "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", the only one of his novels I had hitherto not read. Read more
Published on Feb 6 2003 by MR G. Rodgers
2.0 out of 5 stars sad
reading "our mutual friend" is like watching michael jordan play basketball - today, i mean. every once in a while there is a flash of the old brilliance, but most of the time it's... Read more
Published on Dec 23 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars Murder, Blackmail, Theft, and a cup of English Tea.
In the works of Charles Dickens, a reader can find many valuable life lessons threaded into the myraid plots, subplots, and character diversions. Read more
Published on July 15 2002 by B. Morse
5.0 out of 5 stars Murky Educations by the Thames
Charles Dickens's 1865 novel, his last completed novel, "Our Mutual Friend" is an extraordinarily dark and convoluted work. Featuring such unforgettable figures as Mr. Boffin, Mr. Read more
Published on May 21 2002 by mp
5.0 out of 5 stars The best Dickens book I've read
This book is great. It is very complex and full of suspense so i never get tired of reading it! When i first read it in 8th grade i was impressed by the size until i found out how... Read more
Published on May 14 2002 by missjay
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every effort to read.
I think that it may be hard for the modern reader to find the time to read _Our Mutual Friend_. It's length makes it undeniably difficult to fit easily into the daily allotment of... Read more
Published on Aug 5 2001 by frumiousb
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of books, the darkest of books
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...of all the mighty works that his pen produced, hard pressed as I am to choose, I would say - if forced - that "Our Mutual Friend" is my favourite. Read more

Published on July 18 2001 by peter wild
5.0 out of 5 stars Romantic and Dark
I had never been a fan of Dickens until I read this extraordinary novel which combines one truly breathtaking romance with absolute horrific trickery woven in and around the... Read more
Published on Mar 15 2001 by Candice
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