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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Department of English, University of Keele and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), "Martin Chuzzlewit" is Charles Dickens' comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into the 'springs of character'.Old Martin Chuzzlewit, tormented by the greed and selfishness of his family, effectively drives his grandson, young Martin, to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will have crucial consequences not only for young Martin, but also for his grandfather and his grandfather's servant, Mary Graham with whom young Martin is in love. The commercial swindle of the Anglo-Bengalee company and the fraudulent Eden Land Corporation have a topicality in our own time. This strong sub-plot shows evidence of Dickens' mastery of crime where characters such as the criminal Jonas Chuzzlewit, the old nurse Mrs Gamp, and the arch-hypocrite Seth Pecksniff are the equal to any in his other great novels. Generations of readers have also delighted in Dickens' wonderful description of the London boarding-house - 'Todgers'. AUTHOR Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 ? 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short stories have never gone out of print. A concern with what he saw as the pressing need for social reform is a theme that runs throughout his work. Much of his work first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialised form, a favoured way of publishing fiction at the time. Dickens, unlike others who would complete entire novels before serial publication commenced, often wrote his in parts, in the order in which they were meant to appear. The practice lent his stories a particular rhythm, punctuated by one cliffhanger after another to keep the public eager for the next installment.
Introduction | p. vii |
Note on the Text | p. xvii |
Preface | p. xxiii |
ntroductory, Concerning the Pedigree of The Chuzzlewit Family | p. 1 |
Wherein Certain Persons Are Presented to The Reader, with Whom He May, If He Please, Become Better Acquainted | p. 23 |
In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms as in the Last Chapter | p. 40 |
In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms as in the Last Chapter | p. 89 |
Accompanies Mr. Pecksniff and His Charming Daughters to the City of London; and Relates What Fell Out, Upon Their Way Thither | p. 103 |
Town and Todgers's | p. 112 |
Containing Strange Matter; on Which Many Events In This History, May, for Their Good or Evil Influence, Chiefly Depend | p. 135 |
Wherein a Certain Gentleman Becomes Particular In His Attentions to a Certain Lady; and More Coming Events Than One, Cast Their Shadows Before | p. 148 |
Will Be Seen in the Long Run, If Not in the Short One, To Concern Mr. Pinch and Others, Nearly. Mr. Pecksniff Asserts the Dignity of Outraged Virtue; And Young Martin Chuzzlewit Forms a Desperate Resolution | p. 166 |
Showing, What Became of Martin and His Desperate Resolve, After He Left Mr. Pecksniff's House; What Persons He Encountered; What Anxieties He Suffered And What News He Heard | p. 184 |
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection | p. 202 |
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection | p. 211 |
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection | p. 238 |
Does Business with the House of Anthony Chuzzlewit And Son, from Which One of the Partners Retires Unexpectedly | p. 255 |
The Reader is Brought into Communication With Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear Over The Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas | p. 264 |
The Reader is Brought into Communication With Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear Over The Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas | p. 280 |
More American Experiences. Martin Takes a Partner And Makes a Purchase. Some Account of Eden, as It Appeared on Paper. Also of the British Lion. Also Of The Kind of Sympathy Professed and Entertained, By The Watertoast Association of United Sympathizers | p. 293 |
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why | p. 313 |
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why | p. 322 |
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why | p. 330 |
Is in Part Professional; and Furnishes the Reader With Some Valuable Hints in Relation to The Management of a Sick Chamber | p. 345 |
An Unexpected Meeting, and a Promising Prospect | p. 359 |
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten | p. 387 |
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten | p. 436 |
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten | p. 442 |
In Which the Travellers Move Homeward, And Encounter Some Distinguished Characters Upon the Way | p. 457 |
Arriving in England, Martin Witnesses a Ceremony From Which He Derives the Cheering Information That He Has Not Been Forgotten in His Absence | p. 471 |
Arriving in England, Martin Witnesses a Ceremony From Which He Derives the Cheering Information That He Has Not Been Forgotten in His Absence | p. 477 |
Tom Pinch, Going Astray, Finds That He is Not The Only Person in That Predicament. He Retaliates Upon a Fallen Foe | p. 496 |
Secret Service | p. 504 |
Secret Service | p. 513 |
The Pinches Make a New Acquaintance, and Have Fresh Occasion for Surprise and Wonder | p. 529 |
Mr. Jonas and His Friend, Arriving at a Pleasant Understanding, Set Forth Upon an Enterprise | p. 541 |
Continuation of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend | p. 550 |
Has an Influence on the Fortunes of Several People Mr. Pecksniff is Exhibited in the Plenitude of Power And Wields the Same with Fortitude and Magnanimity | p. 559 |
Further Continuation of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend | p. 577 |
n Which Tom Pinch and His Sister Take a Little Pleasure; but Quite in a Domestic Way, and with No Ceremony About It | p. 586 |
In Which Miss Pecksniff Makes Love, Mr. Jonas Makes Wrath, Mrs. Gamp Makes Tea, and Mr. Chuffey Makes Business | p. 594 |
Conclusion of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend | p. 614 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 622 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 636 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 644 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 650 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 660 |
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts A Doubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place | p. 679 |
What John Westlock Said to Tom Pinch's Sister What Tom Pinch's Sister Said to John Westlock What Tom Pinch Said to Both of Them; and How They All Passed the Remainder of the Day | p. 698 |
Gives the Author Great Concern. for It is the Last In the Book | p. 706 |
Preface to the Cheap Edition (1850) | p. 717 |
Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition (1867) | p. 719 |
Postscript Added in 18681 | p. 721 |
Preliminaries and Number Plans | p. 723 |
Explanatory Notes | p. 727 |
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ISBN: 9781853262050
ISBN-10: 1853262056
Series: Wordsworth Collection
Published: 6th September 1995
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 832
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Type: New edition
Dimensions (cm): 25.6 x 16.3 x 8.4
Weight (kg): 0.48
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