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Martin Chuzzlewit

Introduction by William Boyd

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by William Boyd

By Charles Dickens
Introduction by William Boyd

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Part of Everyman's Library Classics Series

Hardcover $30.00

Mar 20, 1995 | ISBN 9780679438847

Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
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About Martin Chuzzlewit

At the center of Martin Chuzzlewit–the novel Angus Wilson called “one of the most sheerly exciting of all Dickens stories”–is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of Iris close and distant relations, now converging in droves on the country inn where they believe he is dying, will stop at nothing to become the inheritor of his great fortune.

The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from its author’s other works. Published in 1844 after Dickens returned from America, the action moves between Britain and United States in ways which highlight the failing of both societies.

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About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born in a little house in Landport, Portsea, England, on February 7, 1812. The second of eight children, he grew up in a family frequently beset by financial insecurity. When the family fortunes improved, Charles went back to… More about Charles Dickens

Product Details

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Hardcover | $30.00
Published by Everyman’s Library
Mar 20, 1995 | 988 Pages | 4-7/8 x 8 | ISBN 9780679438847
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Martin Chuzzlewit is a dramatic serial on Masterpiece Theatre, a PBS television series presented by WGBH-TV, Boston, made possible by a grant from Mobil Corporation.

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