Martin Chuzzlewit

Dickens, Charles

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This is the story of an inheritance, relating the destinies of two descendants of the brothers Chuzzlewit. Martin is a selfish young man, who lost his fortune in America. Jonas is a villain, committing murder, and eventually poisons himself.

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Publish Date: 25/11/1999
ISBN: 9780140436143 Category: Tag:

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‘Among the most powerful things Dickens ever did in fiction’ Guardian

Greed has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and name-sake 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 Dickens created many vividly realized figures, from Martin’s optimistic manservant Mark Tapley to 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.

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Patricia Ingham

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Weight 585 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 36 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

828

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.8 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K