The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

'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

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is available in Paperback

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was written by Charles Dickens, Patricia Ingham and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit has 828 pages

Yes it is part of Penguin Classics series

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