Our Mutual Friend (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- First Published: 1864
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: John Harmon, Mr. Boffin, Mrs. Boffin, Bella Wilfer, Wegg, Mr. Venus, Mortimer Lightwood, Eugene Wrayburn, Gaffer Hexam, Lizzie Hexam, Rogue Riderhood
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Mistaken or secret identity, England or English people, Wills, Inheritance or succession, Greed, Lawyers, London, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Money
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Upon his return to England to marry Bella Wilfer in compliance with the conditions of his father’s will, John Harmon was thought to have been murdered soon after having left the ship; a body found by Gaffer Hexam was identified as his. Actually, Harmon had not died; fearing for his life and shrinking from the enforced marriage, he assumed the name first of Julius Handford, then of John Rokesmith.
As Rokesmith, Harmon became a secretary to Mr. Boffin, who had inherited the estate of Harmon’s father after young John Harmon was pronounced dead. Before that,...
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