Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
68 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsAs the last published novel of a writer whose career spanned over a dozen novels, innumerable short stories, plays and nonfiction, Our Mutual Friend is indeed a great composition by Charles Dickens.
Considered to be one of his most mature, insightful and refined works, Our Mutual Friend takes a long, hard look at what many Victorians loved but hated to admit they did—money. Dickens uses satire, irony, symbolism and biting wit to portray this unlovely picture of a society obsessed with material comforts and its hypocrisy about the means it uses to achieve its ends.
In his fourteenth novel Dickens is writing at the height of his abilities. He brings all his legendary gifts for plot and characterization to bear in this book. It tells the story of young John Harmon, who inherits the fabulous fortune of his dead father, a miserly millionaire who made his fortune literally from garbage, as a dust contractor. However, the nasty and ill-tempered old man had alienated his entire family including his son. John Harmon, the heir will inherit provided he marries the woman his father has commanded him to. He lives away from England and is on his way home, but goes missing en route. A body is found floating in the Thames and presumed to be his. The entire fortune passes on to his father's servant, Nicodemus Boffin (aka the Golden Dustman), a naïve and gullible man. However, John Harmon is far from dead. The rest of the story follows his quest for the truth, how he finds true love and true riches.
In Our Mutual Friend, we encounter some of Dickens' most horrifying villains and also some of his most noble characters. Unforgettable people like the sweet Jenny Wren and Bella Wilfer, the evil Bradley Headstone, the repulsive Silas Wegg, the avaricious Fascination Fledgeby and a host of others populate this wonderful Dickensian universe and keep the reader enthralled. In addition to these, the River Thames itself features as a wonderful symbol of renewal and resurrection.
Dickens was inspired by several incidents in his own life and in the lives of his friends while creating the plot of Our Mutual Friend. During the writing of it, his personal life was marked by several huge upheavals and he was involved in a serious railway accident.
Our Mutual Friend is indeed a brilliant novel, sweeping in its scale and scope and would certainly appeal to readers of all ages.
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Episodes
01 - Book 1, Chapter 1
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 13 minutes - 5.72 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
02 - Book 1, Chapter 2
January 01, 2024 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
03 - Book 1, Chapter 3
December 31, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
04 - Book 1, Chapter 4
December 30, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
05 - Book 1, Chapter 5
December 29, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
06 - Book 1, Chapter 6
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
07 - Book 1, Chapter 7
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
08 - Book 1, Chapter 8
December 26, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
09 - Book 1, Chapter 9
December 25, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
10 - Book 1, Chapter 10
December 24, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
11 - Book 1, Chapter 11
December 23, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 18.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
12 - Book 1, Chapter 12
December 22, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutes - 19.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
13 - Book 1, Chapter 13
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 26 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
14 - Book 1, Chapter 14
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
15 - Book 1, Chapter 15
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
16 - Book 1, Chapter 16
December 18, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
17 - Book 1, Chapter 17
December 17, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 4.77 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
18 - Book 2, Chapter 1
December 16, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 21.9 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
19 - Book 2, Chapter 2
December 15, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
20 - Book 2, Chapter 3
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 28 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
21 - Book 2, Chapter 4
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
22 - Book 2, Chapter 5
December 12, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
23 - Book 2, Chapter 6
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
24 - Book 2, Chapter 7
December 10, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
25 - Book 2, Chapter 8
December 09, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
26 - Book 2, Chapter 9
December 08, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.5 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
27 - Book 2, Chapter 10
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 7.63 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
28 - Book 2, Chapter 11
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
29 - Book 2, Chapter 12
December 05, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
30 - Book 2, Chapter 13
December 04, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 17.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
31 - Book 2, Chapter 14
December 03, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 15.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
32 - Book 2, Chapter 15
December 02, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
33 - Book 2, Chapter 16
December 01, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
34 - Book 3, Chapter 1
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 15.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
35 - Book 3, Chapter 2
November 29, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
36 - Book 3, Chapter 3
November 28, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 6.68 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
37 - Book 3, Chapter 4
November 27, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
38 - Book 3, Chapter 5
November 26, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
39 - Book 3, Chapter 6
November 25, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
40 - Book 3, Chapter 7
November 24, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
41 - Book 3, Chapter 8
November 23, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
42 - Book 3, Chapter 9
November 22, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
43 - Book 3, Chapter 10
November 21, 2023 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
44 - Book 3, Chapter 11
November 20, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 11.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
45 - Book 3, Chapter 12
November 19, 2023 00:00 - 22 minutes - 9.54 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
46 - Book 3, Chapter 13
November 18, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 12.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
47 - Book 3, Chapter 14
November 17, 2023 00:00 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
48 - Book 3, Chapter 15
November 16, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutes - 17.2 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
49 - Book 3, Chapter 16
November 15, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.1 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com
50 - Book 3, Chapter 17
November 14, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 13.4 MBMore great books at LoyalBooks.com