SOURCE: “‘A Speeches of Chaff’: Ventriloquy and Expression in Our Mutual Friend,” in Dickens Studies Annual, Vol. 19, 1990, pp. 247-79.
In the following essay, O'Donnell examines issues of ventriloquy and representation of narrative voice in Our Mutual Friend, suggesting that identity and relationships are called into question continuously throughout the novel.
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