Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens with Adrian Poole (Contributor)

928 pages • first pub 1865 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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Our Mutual Friend is ideal for readers who relish intricate social satire, layered with rich character studies and a critical examination of wealth and class dynamics in Victorian society.

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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World''The great poet of the city. He was created by London' Peter AckroydOur Mutual Friend centres on an inheritance - Old Harmon's profitable dust heaps - and its legatees: young John Harmon, presumed...

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Community Reviews

4.01
based on 2,102 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 67%

challenging: 49%

funny: 48%

emotional: 44%

reflective: 38%

dark: 37%

hopeful: 22%

sad: 20%

tense: 19%

adventurous: 18%

inspiring: 7%

lighthearted: 7%

relaxing: 5%

informative: 4%

Pace

21% of readers chose medium
77% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

12% of readers chose Plot
70% of readers chose A mix
16% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

84% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
5% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

53% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
37% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

72% of readers chose Yes
17% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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