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Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

By Charles Dickens, Introduction by Simon Callow

Vintage Classics

FICTION

960 Pages, 5 x 8

Trade Paper, $16.95 (US $16.95)

Publication Date: April 2012

ISBN 9780099540854

Rights: US

Penguin Random House UK (Apr 2012)
Vintage Classics

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Overview

A comic masterpiece that courted controversy on publication with its scathing portrayal of nineteenth-century America

A comic masterpiece that courted controversy on publication with its scathing portrayal of 19th-century America
 
Wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit is surrounded by a host of grasping, unscrupulous relatives, and he suspects the family vices of selfishness and greed are already showing in his grandson. The younger Martin is therefore cast out upon the world to learn to fend for himself. Apprenticed to the oily hypocrite Peckniff, he meets both the sweet-tempered Tom Pinch and the irrepressible Mark Tapley, with whom he sets forth to America to find his fortune. Written after a disappointing trip to America, Dickens created some of his most gleefully repulsive and enduring characters in this tale of corruption and virtue, murder and unrequited love.

Reviews

"Dickens' funniest novel."  —William Boyd, author, Any Human Heart


"Black, anarchic laughter, his lurid fantasies, his zest for hypocrisy, violence, and murder, [and] his surreal world of animated objects, are at the core of Dickens' creative being."  —John Carey, author, Eyewitness to History

Author Biography

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) is considered one of the English language's greatest writers. His works include The Adventures of Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and A Tale of Two Cities. Simon Callow is an English actor, writer, and theater director.