Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (Vol.1)

Our Mutual Friend
Volume One: The Mystery of a Name
A drowned body. A vanished heir. A city full of secrets.

This is Volume One of Our Mutual Friend—Dickens’ final and most enigmatic tale, where names hold power, wealth is a trap, and identity becomes a mask worn for survival. The mystery begins along the murky banks of the Thames, where death might be a doorway and nothing is quite what it seems.

In this first volume, we meet Lizzie Hexam, daughter of a river scavenger, with dignity that outshines any drawing room. We meet Bella Wilfer, dazzled by the dream of riches. And we watch a man walk quietly through London—watching, waiting, deciding when to reveal who he really is.

This Red Spine Edition invites you into the shadows. With a richly crafted foreword and editorial notes steeped in insight, this volume offers not just a story but a haunting question: What is a name worth? And who gets to define it?

Follow the current. Let the secrets stir.
The truth, for now, remains just beneath the surface.

This is the story of a name that drowned… and a love that rose in its place.
Split into two volumes, but meant to be read with one heart.