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Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
I first read this as part of a Victorian Lit class is college, and it became one of my favorite books. It's Dickens at his very Dickens-est--tightly knit plot, vast web of interconnected characters, sweeping or sarcastic or poignent comments on the human condition. Centered around the will of old Harmon, a miserly old grouch, and the people it touches in one way or the other, everything gets thrown out of whack and then set back right in a neat, satisfying ending.
What makes a Dickens book for me is the characters, and here we have some of his best. I could fill a review just describing them. From sweet, brave, selfless Lizzie to petulant but good-hearted Bella; from the conniving Wegg and the evil Riderhood to the dear Boffins and the shiny bran-new Veneerings, all are expertly drawn and filled out. To anyone daunted at the length, soldier on. It's worth it.
What makes a Dickens book for me is the characters, and here we have some of his best. I could fill a review just describing them. From sweet, brave, selfless Lizzie to petulant but good-hearted Bella; from the conniving Wegg and the evil Riderhood to the dear Boffins and the shiny bran-new Veneerings, all are expertly drawn and filled out. To anyone daunted at the length, soldier on. It's worth it.