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Close Readings: 'Our Mutual Friend' by C...

THE LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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'Our Mutual Friend' was Dickens’s last completed novel, published in serial form in 1864-65. The story begins with a body being dredged from the ooze and slime of the Thames, then opens out to follow a wide array of characters through the dust heaps, paper mills, public houses and dining rooms of London and its hinterland. In this extended extract from Nov ... Show More
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