Our Mutual Friend: With Appreciations and Criticisms By G. K. Chesterton

Charles Dickenss last completed novel Our Mutual Friend is the story of Noddy Boffin a common clerk who becomes the Golden Dustman after he inherits a dust-heap where the aristocracy throw their refuge. A brutal satire and social analysis Our Mutual Friend is a masterpiece that explores the allure and curse of money while demonstrating all the themes the author is famous for. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer and social critic famous for having created some of the worlds most well-known fictional characters. His works became unprecedentedly popular during his life and today he is commonly regarded as the greatest Victorian-era novelist. Although perhaps better known for such works as Oliver Twist or A Christmas Carol Dickens first gained success with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers which turned him almost overnight into an international literary celebrity thanks to his humour satire and astute observations concerning society and character. This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. Chesterton.