Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickensliterary work· published 1864
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*Our Mutual Friend* is a satiric masterpiece about money. The last novel Dickens completed, and perhaps his most angry, it sounds all the great themes of his later work: the innocence and venality of the aspiring poor, the hollow pretensions of the nouveau riche, the unfailing power of wealth to corrupt everyone it touches. Among those caught up in the ruthless forces of change in Dickens's London are the archetypal innocent Noddy Boffin, who 'inherits' a dustheap where the trash of the rich is thrown; Silas Wegg, a grotesque, one-legged man with unlimited fantasies of grandeur and power; Mr.
Adaptations (4)
Our Mutual Friend has been adapted 4 times, across film and television series, from 1921 to 1998.
Our Mutual Friend1921 · film · 139 min · dir. A.W. Sandberg · IMDb ↗IMDb6.8After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
Our Mutual Friend1958 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗Intertwining tales of love, greed, and secret identities in 1860s London.
Our Mutual Friend1998 · television series · 350 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.0After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
Our Mutual Friend? · television series · 50 min · IMDb ↗IMDb8.3After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
