[Our Mutual Friend]
Year:
1864
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Year of publication:
1998
Pages:
928
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
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Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
A rich dust contractor allows his son John Harmon to return from exile as long as he marries Bella Wilfer. A body found in the river is believed to be Harmon but it is in fact a shipmate who had his papers. Harmon takes the name John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary to Mr. Boffin, eventually inheriting his property.
This was Dicken's last completed novel (The Mystery of Edwin Drood was left unfinished), his 14th, and combines psychology with social comment, having the strong symbolism of linking dirt with money and thus showing the corruption that wealth can bring.
Author: Cliff Cobb, United Kingdom
Update on: Aug 2023