Our Mutual Friend
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: Charles Dickens
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Folio Society, 2005
Condition:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In "Our Mutual Friend," Charles Dickens crafts a richly layered work of historical fiction that interrogates Victorian society's obsession with wealth, status, and respectability. The novel opens with a chilling discovery of a body in the Thames, triggering a tangled web of inheritance, mistaken identity, and social manoeuvring. Dickens chronicles the intersecting lives of river scavengers, nouveau riche upstarts, and aspiring social climbers, all caught in the shadow of a mysterious fortune. With its biting satire and darkly comic tone, the narrative uncovers the moral ambiguities of those who strive to rise in a rigid class hierarchy. This Folio Society edition, published in 2005, heightens the drama with elegant design and expressive illustrations by Marcus Stone, making it a timeless collector’s piece for readers drawn to literary classics and masterfully told social commentary.
Author: Charles Dickens
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Folio Society, 2005
Condition:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In "Our Mutual Friend," Charles Dickens crafts a richly layered work of historical fiction that interrogates Victorian society's obsession with wealth, status, and respectability. The novel opens with a chilling discovery of a body in the Thames, triggering a tangled web of inheritance, mistaken identity, and social manoeuvring. Dickens chronicles the intersecting lives of river scavengers, nouveau riche upstarts, and aspiring social climbers, all caught in the shadow of a mysterious fortune. With its biting satire and darkly comic tone, the narrative uncovers the moral ambiguities of those who strive to rise in a rigid class hierarchy. This Folio Society edition, published in 2005, heightens the drama with elegant design and expressive illustrations by Marcus Stone, making it a timeless collector’s piece for readers drawn to literary classics and masterfully told social commentary.