Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864-65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, "money, money, money, and what money can make of life" but is also about human values. In the opening chapters a body is found in the Thames and identified as John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his inheritance. Were he alive, his father's will would require him to marry Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he had never met. Instead, the money passes to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread into various corners of London society. (Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 01 - Book 1 Chap. 01 ON THE LOOK OUT 11 min 2 02 - Book 1 Chap. 02 THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE 29 min 3 03 - Book 1 Chap. 03 ANOTHER MAN 33 min 4 04 - Book 1 Chap. 04 THE R. WILFER FAMILY 28 min 5 05 - Book 1 Chap. 05 BOFFIN'S BOWER 40 min 6 06 - Book 1 Chap. 06 CUT ADRIFT 36 min 7 07 - Book 1 Chap. 07 MR WEGG LOOKS AFTER HIMSELF 22 min 8 08 - Book 1 Chap. 08 MR BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION 32 min 9 09 - Book 1 Chap. 09 MR AND MRS BOFFIN IN CONSULTATION 37 min 10 10 - Book 1 Chap. 10 A MARRIAGE CONTRACT 35 min 11 11 - Book 1 Chap. 11 PODSNAPPERY 41 min 12 12 - Book 1 Chap. 12 THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW 37 min 13 13 - Book 1 Chap. 13 TRACKING THE BIRD OF PREY 25 min 14 14 - Book 1 Chap. 14 THE BIRD OF PREY BROUGHT DOWN 19 min 15 15 - Book 1 Chap. 15 TWO NEW SERVANTS 34 min 16 16 - Book 1 Chap. 16 MINDERS AND RE-MINDERS 38 min 17 17 - Book 1 Chap. 17 A DISMAL SWAMP 14 min 18 18 - Book 2 Chap. 01 OF AN EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER 44 min 19 19 - Book 2 Chap. 02 STILL EDUCATIONAL 29 min 20 20 - Book 2 Chap. 03 A PIECE OF WORK 28 min 21 21 - Book 2 - Chap. 04 CUPID PROMPTED 33 min 22 22 - Book 2 Chap. 05 MERCURY PROMPTING 36 min 23 23 - Book 2 Chap. 06 A RIDDLE WITHOUT AN ANSWER 32 min 24 24 - Book 2 Chap. 07 IN WHICH A FRIENDLY MOVE IS ORIGINATED 28 min 25 25 - Book 2 Chap. 08 IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS 39 min 26 26 - Book 2 Chap. 09 IN WHICH THE ORPHAN MAKES HIS WILL 20 min 27 27 - Book 2 Chap. 10 A SUCCESSOR 16 min 28 28 - Book 2 Chap. 11 SOME AFFAIRS OF THE HEART 30 min 29 29 - Book 2 Chap. 12 MORE BIRDS OF PREY 35 min 30 30 - Book 2 Chap. 13 A SOLO AND A DUETT 35 min 31 31 - Book 2 Chap. 14 STRONG OF PURPOSE 30 min 32 32 - Book 2 Chap. 15 THE WHOLE CASE SO FAR 36 min 33 33 - Book 2 Chap. 16 AN ANNIVERSARY OCCASION 30 min 34 34 - Book 3 Chap. 01 LODGERS IN QUEER STREET 30 min 35 35 - Book 3 Chap. 02 A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT 23 min 36 36 - Book 3 Chap. 03 THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS THAN ONE 16 min 37 37 - Book 3 Chap. 04 A HAPPY RETURN OF THE DAY 31 min 38 38 - Book 3 Chap. 05 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY 35 min 39 39 - Book 3 Chap. 06 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY 35 min 40 40 - Book 3 Chap. 07 THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITION 28 min 41 41 - Book 3 Chap. 08 THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY 27 min 42 42 - Book 3 Chap. 09 SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTION 40 min 43 43 - Book 3 Chap. 10 SCOUTS OUT 32 min 44 44 - Book 3 Chap. 11 IN THE DARK 24 min 45 45 - Book 3 Chap. 12 MEANING MISCHIEF 21 min 46 46 - Book 3 Chap. 13 GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM 24 min 47 47 - Book 3 Chap. 14 MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFIN'S NOSE 30 min 48 48 - Book 3 Chap. 15 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN AT HIS WORST 34 min 49 49 - Book 3 Chap. 16 THE FEAST OF THE THREE HOBGOBLINS 35 min 50 50 - Book 3 Chap. 17 A SOCIAL CHORUS 27 min 51 51 - Book 4 Chap. 01 SETTING TRAPS 28 min 52 52 - Book 4 Chap. 02 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE 23 min 53 53 - Book 4 Chap. 03 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN SINKS AGAIN 24 min 54 54 - Book 4 Chap. 04 A RUNAWAY MATCH 24 min 55 55 - Book 4 Chap. 05 CONCERNING THE MENDICANT'S BRIDE 40 min 56 56 - Book 4 Chap. 06 A CRY FOR HELP 31 min 57 57 - Book 4 Chap. 07 BETTER TO BE ABEL THAN CAIN 27 min 58 58 - Book 4 Chap. 08 A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER 25 min 59 59 - Book 4 Chap. 09 TWO PLACES VACATED 27 min 60 60 - Book 4 Chap. 10 THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD 17 min 61 61 - Book 4 Chap. 11 EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'S DISCOVERY 29 min 62 62 - Book 4 Chap. 12 THE PASSING SHADOW 32 min 63 63 - Book 4 Chap. 13 SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO SCATTER DUST 24 min 64 64 - Book 4 Chap. 14 CHECKMATE TO THE FRIENDLY MOVE 29 min 65 65 - Book 4 Chap. 15 WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET 28 min 66 66 - Book 4 Chap. 16 PERSONS AND THINGS IN GENERAL 27 min 67 67 - Book 4 Chap. 17 THE VOICE OF SOCIETY 14 min 68 68 - POSTSCRIPT, IN LIEU OF PREFACE 6 min
