| Martin Chuzzlewit: Introduction by William Boyd Contributor(s): Dickens, Charles (Author), Boyd, William (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 067943884X ISBN-13: 9780679438847 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1995 Annotation: At the center of Martin Chuzzlewit is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of his 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. Having unjustly disinherited his grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as his companion. Though she has been made to understand she will not inherit a penny, she remains old Chuzzlewit's only ally. As the viperish relations and hangers-on close in on him, we meet some of Dickens's most marvelous characters - among them Mr. Pecksniff (whose name has entered the language as a synonym for ultimate hypocrisy and self-importance): the fabulously evil Jonas Chuzzlewit: the strutting reptile Tigg Montague: and the ridiculous, terrible, comical Sairey Gamp. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95136833 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.93" H x 5.21" W x 8.38" (2.04 lbs) 988 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 60410 Reading Level: 10.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 68.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |