In Our mutual friend, his last completed novel, Dickens turned again to question the life and soul of a society corrupted by money.
At the Boffin mansion, built on the fortune amassed from old Mr. Harmon.s dust heaps, and at the Veneerings. superior dinner-table Dickens creates glorious comic satire. Beyond this, flowing through the city and the novel, the river Thames gives and promises death and renewal, dominating the landscape and the love stories of Bella Wilfer and Lizzie Hexam.
As Adrian Poole writes in his introduction to this new edition, .In it.s vast scope and perilous ambitions it has much in common with Bleak House and Little Dorrit, but its manner is more stealthy, on edge, enigmatic..
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780140434972
Publisert
1997
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin
Serie
Vekt
559 gr
Aldersnivå
Voksen
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Orginaltittel
Our mutual friend
Sjanger
Skjønnlitteratur
Forfatter
Illustratør