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Our Mutual Friend
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Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend is Charles Dickens's final, dark social critique of Victorian London's materialism. The central plot is triggered by a large inheritance, a fortune made from dust heaps (garbage), which is intended for John Harmon. Believed dead, John secretly returns to London, assumes the identity of John Rokesmith, and observes the society, particularly Bella Wilfer, the woman he must marry…

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1
ISBN/ISSN
978-9-795-23607-5
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128 hlm.: ilus.; 12 x 19 cm
Series Title
Novel
Call Number
823 DIC o
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The Picture Of Durian Gray
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Oscar Wilde

The novel follows Dorian Gray, a stunningly beautiful young man in Victorian London who becomes infatuated with his own image. Under the influence of the cynical Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian wishes that a magnificent portrait of himself would bear the burden of age and sin, while his own body remains untouched. The wish is granted, and Dorian plunges into a life of decadent, ruthless hedonism and …

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1
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-194-79126-7
Collation
72 hlm.: ilus.; 13 x 20 cm
Series Title
Novel
Call Number
823 WIL o