The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, his relatives, friends, and enemies
comprising all his wills and his ways, with a historical record of what he did, and what he didn't, showing moreover who inherited the family plate, who came in for the silver spoons, and who for the wooden ladles, the whole forming a complete key to the house of Chuzzlewit
by Charles Dickens
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The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey – an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest and egotism – Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit, plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin's optimistic manservant, Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; and the drunken and corrupt private nurse, Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed, blackmail and murder, and its searing satire on America Dickens's novel is a powerful and blackly comic story of hypocrisy and redemption.
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The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit: y Charles Dickens : with illustrations by J. Barnard
1994, Chancellor Press
in English
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The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, his relatives, friends, and enemies: comprising all his wills and his ways, with a historical record of what he did, and what he didn't, showing moreover who inherited the family plate, who came in for the silver spoons, and who for the wooden ladles, the whole forming a complete key to the house of Chuzzlewit
1844, J. Winchester, New World Press, XXX Ann Street
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Podeschi, J.B. Dickens and Dickensiana, entry A77
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