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Fiction · 1865

Our Mutual Friend

Charles Dickens

Reading time
about 24.5 h
Length
335,315 words · 754 pages in print
Structure
67 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Victorian

Our Mutual Friend, first published in 1865, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, machine-cleaned and carefully typeset, free to read online and available in print. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Book the First — The Cup and the Lip
  2. Chapter 1 — On the Look Out
  3. Chapter 2 — The Man from Somewhere
  4. Chapter 3 — Another Man
  5. Chapter 4 — The R. Wilfer Family
  6. Chapter 5 — Boffin’s Bower
  7. Chapter 6 — Cut Adrift
  8. Chapter 7 — Mr Wegg Looks After Himself
  9. Chapter 8 — Mr Boffin in Consultation
  10. Chapter 9 — Mr and Mrs Boffin in Consultation
  11. Chapter 10 — A Marriage Contract
  12. Chapter 11 — Podsnappery
  13. Chapter 12 — The Sweat of an Honest Man’s Brow
  14. Chapter 13 — Tracking the Bird of Prey
  15. Chapter 14 — The Bird of Prey Brought Down
  16. Chapter 15 — Two New Servants
  17. Chapter 16 — Minders and Re-Minders
  18. Chapter 17 — A Dismal Swamp
  19. Book the Second — Birds of a Feather
  20. Chapter 1 — Of an Educational Character
  21. Chapter 2 — Still Educational
  22. Chapter 3 — A Piece of Work
  23. Chapter 4 — Cupid Prompted
  24. Chapter 5 — Mercury Prompting
  25. Chapter 6 — A Riddle Without an Answer
  26. Chapter 7 — In Which a Friendly Move Is Originated
  27. Chapter 8 — In Which an Innocent Elopement Occurs
  28. Chapter 9 — In Which the Orphan Makes His Will
  29. Chapter 10 — A Successor
  30. Chapter 11 — Some Affairs of the Heart
  31. Chapter 12 — More Birds of Prey
  32. Chapter 13 — A Solo and a Duett
  33. Chapter 14 — Strong of Purpose
  34. Chapter 15 — The Whole Case So Far
  35. Chapter 16 — An Anniversary Occasion
  36. Book the Third — A Long Lane
  37. Chapter 1 — Lodgers in Queer Street
  38. Chapter 2 — A Respected Friend in a New Aspect
  39. Chapter 3 — The Same Respected Friend in More Aspects Than One
  40. Chapter 4 — A Happy Return of the Day
  41. Chapter 5 — The Golden Dustman Falls Into Bad Company
  42. Chapter 6 — The Golden Dustman Falls Into Worse Company
  43. Chapter 7 — The Friendly Move Takes Up a Strong Position
  44. Chapter 8 — The End of a Long Journey
  45. Chapter 9 — Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction
  46. Chapter 10 — Scouts Out
  47. Chapter 11 — In the Dark
  48. Chapter 12 — Meaning Mischief
  49. Chapter 13 — Give a Dog a Bad Name, and Hang Him
  50. Chapter 14 — Mr Wegg Prepares a Grindstone for Mr Boffin’s Nose
  51. Chapter 15 — The Golden Dustman at His Worst
  52. Chapter 16 — The Feast of the Three Hobgoblins
  53. Chapter 17 — A Social Chorus
  54. Book the Fourth — A Turning
  55. Chapter 1 — Setting Traps
  56. Chapter 2 — The Golden Dustman Rises a Little
  57. Chapter 3 — The Golden Dustman Sinks Again
  58. Chapter 4 — A Runaway Match
  59. Chapter 5 — Concerning the Mendicant’s Bride
  60. Chapter 6 — A Cry for Help
  61. Chapter 7 — Better to Be Abel Than Cain
  62. Chapter 8 — A Few Grains of Pepper
  63. Chapter 9 — Two Places Vacated
  64. Chapter 10 — The Dolls’ Dressmaker Discovers a Word
  65. Chapter 11 — Effect Is Given to the Dolls’ Dressmaker’s Discovery
  66. Chapter 12 — The Passing Shadow
  67. Chapter 13 — Showing How the Golden Dustman Helped to Scatter Dust
  68. Chapter 14 — Checkmate to the Friendly Move
  69. Chapter 15 — What Was Caught in the Traps That Were Set
  70. Chapter 16 — Persons and Things in General
  71. Chapter 17 — The Voice of Society
  72. Postscript — In Lieu of Preface

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1812–1870 · Victorian

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