Our Mutual Friend is a novel by Charles Dickens, which tells the story of the Harmon "dust" fortune and those who inherit it. Although somewhat a mystery, an important point concerning the identity of certain characters is revealed halfway through, without hinting as to the ending. Like all of Dicken's works, Our Mutual Friend contains many memorable characters.

Publication

Our Mutual Friend, like most Dickens novels, was published in 19 monthly installments, each costing one shilling (with the exception of the nineteenth, which was double-length and cost two). Each issue featured 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Marcus Stone .

BOOK THE FIRST: THE CUP AND THE LIP

• I - May 1864 (chapters 1-4);
• II - June 1864 (chapters 5-7);
• III - July 1864 (chapters 8-10);
• IV - August 1864 (chapters 11-13);
• V - September 1864 (chapters 14-17).

BOOK THE SECOND: BIRDS OF A FEATHER

• VI - October 1864 (chapters 1-3);
• VII - November 1864 (chapters 4-6);
• VIII - December 1864 (chapters 7-10);
• IX - January 1865 (chapters 11-13);
• X - February 1865 (chapters 14-16).

BOOK THE THIRD: A LONG LANE

• XI - March 1865 (chapters 1-4);
• XII - April 1865 (chapters 5-7);
• XIII - May 1865 (chapters 8-10);
• XIV - June 1865 (chapters 11-14);
• XV - July 1865 (chapters 15-17).

BOOK THE FOURTH: A TURNING

• XVI - August 1865 (chapters 1-4);
• XVII - September 1865 (chapters 5-7);
• XVIII - October 1865 (chapters 8-11);
• XIX-XX - November 1865 (chapters 12-17 (Chapter the Last)).

External links

• Our Mutual Friend - HTML indexed, searchable version of the text.
• Our Mutual Friend - in easy to read HTML format.