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I have been a Dickens fanatic since I read Our Mutual Friend at age fourteen; I also love classic cozy mysteries. A native of Astoria, Oregon, I now live in Portland with my partner of twenty years and our Devon Rex, who bears a strong resemblance to Simon's Miss Tox. ...more

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	The Christmas Carol Murders 3.30 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Christopher Lord rated a book it was amazing Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
OMF has been my favorite novel for more than 50 years--I've read it more than 10 times, and have led multi-week discussion groups on this and other Dickens novels. It may not be Dickens's highest artistic achievement (I think that accolade would go t ...more
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Christopher Lord and 111 other people liked Captain Sir Roddy, R.N. (Ret.)'s review of Our Mutual Friend: "In completing Our Mutual Friend, I believe that I may well have just finished reading the finest book written in the English language. One could perhaps argue that the prose of Austen in her novel Emma is more perfect; but the plotting and characters" Read more of this review »
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If you've read "Lives of the Monster Dogs," then this book is for you. This novel, like that one, seems beamed down from another planet and, while it shares certain features with the movie "The Substance," Ms. Huang avoids the third-act implosion tha ...more
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