This takes a complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, sharp social comment and telling detail as it takes a satirical look at wealth and its corrupti... » 

This takes a complex pattern of theme, symbol, comic exuberance, sharp social comment and telling detail as it takes a satirical look at wealth and its corrupting power, symbolized by the inheritance of a dust-heap and represented by the changing fortunes of Boffin, the golden dustman. «