Our Mutual Friend
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Charles Dickens
(4,306 Sterne; 31 Bewertungen)
Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, a rich dust contractor, in his will.
To receive the money, John must marry a certain Bella Wilfer who he does not know from Eve. He is returning from the exile enforced by his father and confides in a ship's mate who attempts to murder him. The mate gets killed instead, leaving one inconvenient corpse. Because John is considered dead (the body is found with his papers), the money passes to Mr Boffin, old Harmon's foreman. Harmon adopts Bella and John comes into his employ disguised as John Rokesmith. Bella does not fall for John but through kindly Boffin's contrivances learns to hate money and fall for her suitor under his false name. Eventually she learns of his true identity as the Boffins had previously, and the villainous one-legged Silas Wegg's plot to blackmail Mr Boffin is brought to light.
There is also a story running behind the main plot about a certain Eugene Wrayburn and his love for Lizzie Hexam, and his rival's attempt to murder him. The two plots are only really connected through the waterside murders but it allows Dickens to indulge in an extremely socially diverse cast of characters. (Summary written by Alan Chant). (33 hr 26 min)
Chapters
bk1_12 - Book the First - Chapter 12 THE SWEAT OF AN HONEST MAN'S BROW
39:35
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
bk2_08 - Book the Second - Chapter 08 IN WHICH AN INNOCENT ELOPEMENT OCCURS
40:27
Read by JemmaBlythe
bk3_02 - Book the Third - Chapter 02 A RESPECTED FRIEND IN A NEW ASPECT
22:55
Read by Kirsten Ferreri
bk3_03 - Book the Third - Chapter 03 THE SAME RESPECTED FRIEND IN MORE ASPECTS …
17:54
Read by Alan Chant
bk3_05 - Book the Third - Chapter 05 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO BAD COMPANY
30:39
Read by E. Moulton
bk3_06 - Book the Third - Chapter 06 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY
33:17
Read by Missie
bk3_07 - Book the Third - Chapter 07 THE FRIENDLY MOVE TAKES UP A STRONG POSITI…
29:26
Read by JemmaBlythe
bk3_09 - Book the Third - Chapter 09 SOMEBODY BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF A PREDICTI…
49:19
Read by Alan Chant
bk3_14 - Book the Third - Chapter 14 MR WEGG PREPARES A GRINDSTONE FOR MR BOFFI…
39:56
Read by Alan Chant
bk4_02 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 02 THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN RISES A LITTLE
22:13
Read by Kirsten Ferreri
bk4_10 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 10 THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER DISCOVERS A WORD
16:24
Read by Ophelia Darcy
bk4_11 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 11 EFFECT IS GIVEN TO THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER'…
35:36
Read by Alan Chant
bk4_13 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 13 SHOWING HOW THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN HELPED TO …
31:50
Read by Alan Chant
bk4_15 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 15 WHAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAPS THAT WERE SET
35:18
Read by Alan Chant
Bewertungen
awesome and gripping story lines
sassy mama23
(4,5 Sterne)
Loved this book, could not put it down. Very long but I never once thought the characters boring and I wanted more at the end!!!
(3 Sterne)
book 2. chapters 2 & 3, slow down reader where's the fire. let a body enjoy the book.
Great way to "read" Dickens
ListeninginChicago
(4 Sterne)
I have always thought it would be good to read Dickens. A friend recommended that I start with "Our Mutual Friend", but after several failed attempts, I finally decided to download it off of Librivox and instead try listening during my morning commute. What a joy! I especially appreciate how several readers made a point to read chapters centering around a common characters. There are many excellent readings, including quite a few chapters by Alan Chant, Andy Minter and Ophelia Darcy. There were a few chapters were the quality of the reading, or the sound, was below par, but overall, it was an excellent introduction into the wonderfully drawn characters that make Dickens a master of British Literature. reads us through Mr. Boffin. Andy Minter brings Mr. Wegg
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Rhonda Wilmot
(5 Sterne)
The book is free so I'm going to try to resist talking about a few of the narrators that are incredibly annoying. And yet they're balanced out by several that are amazing narrators. The book itself is very long but it's interesting and well written it I didn't care much for the romance, comma especially between John and Bella. Otherwise it was an excellent book.