{"product_id":"9781853261947","title":"Our Mutual Friend","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Dickens, Charles \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 May 1997 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 832 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 127 x 46 | 514g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Deborah Wynne, Chester College. Illustrated by Marcus Stone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur Mutual Friend, Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his father's heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is filled with colourful characters and incidents - the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneering's dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas Wegg.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45779665387760,"sku":"9781853261947","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781853261947_85e45576-21e5-490c-a50b-2f1eefe75691.jpg?v=1713559245","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781853261947","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}