Our Mutual Friend (1864-5) Dickens? last completed novel, has
been critically praised as a profound and troubled masterpiece, and
yet is has received far less scholarly attention than his other
major works. This volume is the first book-length study of the
novel. It explores every aspect of Dickens? sustained imaginative
involvement with his age. In particular its original research into
hitherto neglected sources reveals not only Dickens? reactions to
the important developments during the 1860s in education, finance
and the administration of poverty, but also his interest in
phenomena as diverse as waste collection and the Shakespeare
tercentenary. The Companion to Our Mutual Friend demonstrates the
varied resources of artistry that inform the novel, and it provides
the reader with a fundamental source of information about one of
Dickens? most complex works.
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