Our Mutual Friend Chapters 1~4 On the Lookout ~The R. Wilfer Family

[Bernadette]

Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about the lack of Cliffs Notes or Spark Notes. I read OMF last year along with a companion book I found: [book:A Companion to Our Mutual Frie..."

Thanks so much for that information! I'm going to see if my library can get it

[Kelly]

Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about the lack of Cliffs Notes or Spark Notes. I read OMF last year along with a companion book I found: [book:A Companion to Our Mutual Frie..."

Thanks for this, I am going to look for it!

[Marialyce]

Kelly wrote: "Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about the lack of Cliffs Notes or Spark Notes. I read OMF last year along with a companion book I found: [book:A Companion t..."

Me too!

[Tim]

Marialyce wrote: "Kelly wrote: "Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about the lack of Cliffs Notes or Spark Notes. I read OMF last year along with a companion book I found: [book..."

Just ordered it via inter-library loan. It's a good thing we don't all live in the same state!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Reading Our Mutual Friend makes me appreciate A. my mother's background in Victorian lit, and B. my own background in Victorian history.

[Marialyce]

Susanna, please share anything you can and want to share. We would all appreciate your knowledge.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Heck, I'm not sure where to start! Wasn't my primary field, either.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

But I think that there's some info about the court system (and other stuff that might be apropos) in What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England.

[Marialyce]

I have that book.....but darn I am in DC now and the book is home in NY.....poor planning on my part...

[Everyman]

Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about the lack of Cliffs Notes or Spark Notes. I read OMF last year along with a companion book I found: [book:A Companion to Our Mutual Frie..."

Thanks for the reference. I've ordered on interlibrary loan, if they can get it to me fairly quickly (I have a good rapport with our local library's ILL librarian since I get quite a few ILL books, so she'll tell me.)

[Everyman]

Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about ..."

And hope you can move from lurking to participating -- would love to hear more from you.

[Everyman]

Marialyce wrote: "Susanna, please share anything you can and want to share. We would all appreciate your knowledge."

I second that request, enthusiastically!

[Bernadette]

Everyman wrote: "Teaberry wrote: "Howdy, all. Normally I just 'lurk,' but had to chime in about ..."

And hope you can move from lurking to participating -- would love to hear more from you."

Yes, please join us Susanna :)

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Victorian London might also be a useful read; concentrates on London from 1840-1870, and has a section on mudlarks (under Destitution and Poverty), as well as a whole chapter on the Thames. (Also "refuse collection and dustheaps," which seems an apropos subject, which is under Practicalities.)

[Everyman]

Susanna wrote: "Victorian London might also be a useful read; "

Interesting -- it's one I don't know. I have several other books on Victorian times and literature, but will have to look that one up.

Edit: Checked our library, they don't have it, but they do have Walking Dickensian London: Twenty-five Original Walks Through London's Victorian Quarters which I've put on hold for me -- also sounds interesting and useful for both Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend.