Charles Dickens's last completed novel tells the story of a young man who must marry a stranger in order to win his inheritance. Wanting to learn the lady's nature, John Harmon fakes his own death and takes on a new identity. As the complexities of the deceit are revealed, Dickens gives us his most profoundly cynical, yet brilliantly funny, insight into the corruption of wealth on human nature. 40 illustrations.
Dickens's last completed novel, now in a new Penguin Classics edition, contains a rich and complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, and telling detail. In order to win his inheritance, John Harmon must marry Bella Wilfer, a young woman, about whom he knows nothing. In order to discover her true nature, he must fake his own death and take on a new identity. As the complexities of deceit and concealed identity are exposed, Dickens gives us his most profoundly cynical, yet brilliantly funny, insight into the corruption of wealth on human nature.
Charles Dickens's last completed novel tells the story of a young man who must marry a stranger in order to win his inheritance. Wanting to learn the lady's nature, John Harmon fakes his own death and takes on a new identity. As the complexities of the deceit are revealed, Dickens gives us his most profoundly cynical, yet brilliantly funny, insight into the corruption of wealth on human nature. 40 illustrations.Dickens's last completed novel, now in a new Penguin Classics edition, contains a rich and complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, and telling detail. In order to win his inheritance, John Harmon must marry Bella Wilfer, a young woman, about whom he knows nothing. In order to discover her true nature, he must fake his own death and take on a new identity. As the complexities of deceit and concealed identity are exposed, Dickens gives us his most profoundly cynical, yet brilliantly funny, insight into the corruption of wealth on human nature.