The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens‏

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 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, commonly known as Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was  released in different publications in 1843-1844. Dickens depicted his mainly negative impression from the journey to the USA in 1842. The novel is dedicated to a friend of Dickens, millionaire and charity woman, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts.

A mysterious old man, accompanied by a young woman, stopped at a village hotel “The Blue Dragon”. They are a rich man, Martin Chuzzlewit senior and his foster child, Mary. His distant relative Pecksniff lives in the same village.

Pecksniff summons the relatives: he knows that Martin is out with his grandson Martin junior, so he is bothered that Mary might inherit everything. Pecksniff manages to get Martin junior as a student to his boarding school: he hopes to get to Martin senior through his grandson...