Martin Chuzzlewit (Dodo Press Paperback - 2010
by Charles Dickens
About this book
While writing Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.'
Set partly in America, the novel includes a searing satire on the United States. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, and increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful comedy involves hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs. Gamp.
First Edition Identification
Martin Chuzzlewit was published in 19 monthly installments, each comprising 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Hablot K. "Phiz" Browne. Published in 1842-1844. The first compiled book edition was published in1844 by Chapman & Hall.
Details
- Title Martin Chuzzlewit (Dodo Press
- Author Charles Dickens
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 710
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dodo Press
- Date 2010-04
- ISBN 9781409930488 / 1409930483
- Weight 2.26 lbs (1.03 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.56 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.96 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC