{"product_id":"2940169913040","title":"Our Mutual Friend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis sinister masterpiece was Dickens¿ last completed novel and perhaps his ultimate vision of a dark, macabre London and the corrupting power of money. Opening with a father and daughter scavenging for corpses on the Thames, this chilling tale unfolds around drownings, disguises and doubles, violence, murder, and triumphant love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYoung John Harmon, presumed killed on his return home to England, is very much alive. The heir to a dust merchant¿s fortune, he goes to work under an assumed name for his father¿s current heirs, the amiable, elderly Boffins¿who are about to be blackmailed by the unscrupulous one-legged Wegg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo begins the intrigue in a novel that is quintessentially Dickensian in flavor¿in its grotesque caricatures, its rich symbolism, and in the astonishing realism of its heroine, Bella Wilfer, one of Dickens¿ most splendid female characters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150440317168,"sku":"2940169913040","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169913040_p0.jpg?v=1769902645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169913040","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}