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 …
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.
External links
OpenLibraryEditions of Martin Chuzzlewit
Filters
Vida y aventuras de Martin Chuzzlewit
Published Nov. 15, 2017 by Alba.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-9065-303-6Copied ISBN!
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
English language
Published by Chapman and Hall.
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF Martin Chuzzlewit
English language
Published by George Routledge and Sons.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
English language
Published Nov. 15, 1910 by Macmillan and Co., Limited.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2007 by LibriVox.
The Works of Charles Dickens
English language
Published Nov. 15, 1868 by Bigelow, Brown and Co..
Martin Chuzzlewit
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2006 by Project Gutenberg.
The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
828 pages
Published Nov. 15, 1883 by J.W. Lovell.
Can't find the edition you're looking for?