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Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens

First Published

1994

Subjects

Social life and customs
Literature
Description and travel
Travel
British
Fiction
Avarice
Grandfathers
English
Young men
Classic Literature
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
England, fiction
United states, history, 19th century
Great britain, history, 19th century
Great britain, history, juvenile literature
United states, history, juvenile literature
Travelers
Family relationships
Caregivers
Architects
Hypocrisy
Swindlers and swindling
History
English literature
Fiction, humorous, general
Fiction, classics
Fiction, general
Inheritance and succession
United states, fiction
Fiction, action & adventure
Grandparents, fiction
Children's fiction

Description

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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