Our Mutual Friend (1865) - the pearl of the great Charles Dickens (1812-1870), his last completed novel The 25th volume of the collection of works includes the last two books of the novel . England in the 1860s. The country where finally learned to appreciate not only the origin and pedigree, but also entrepreneurship, strong character and charm However, each medal has a flip side - and now the aristocratic salons of London have flooded not only successful businessmen, but also dubious nouveau riche and adventurers. Such is the background against which the dizzyingly fascinating, adventure-filled story of the “millionaire garbage man”, his declared murdered heir and the beautiful girl “bequeathed” to the spouse who will receive a huge fortune from the garbage. Translation: H. A. Volzhina, N. L. Daruses . Illustrations: Mark Stone (Marcus Stone 1840-1921).