num_pages: 988
description: 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.
language: English
title: Martin Chuzzlewit: Introduction by William Boyd
titlecomplete: Martin Chuzzlewit: Introduction by William Boyd (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
characters: Martin Chuzzlewit, Mrs. Sarah Gamp, Mr. Pecksniff
genres: Fiction, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 16100
publisher: Everyman's Library