Martin Chuzzlewit (Everyman Classics) [Import] [Hardcover]

Charles Dickens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1994 | Series: Everyman Classics

The distinctive combination of manic comedy, bitter satire and fierce melodrama separates this novel from most of Dickens's other works. The storyline alternates between Britain and the United States in ways which highlight the failings of both societies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 992 pages
• Publisher: Everyman's Library; 1St Edition edition (October 20, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 185715200X
• ISBN-13: 978-1857152005
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.8 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,460,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

One of the grand masters of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars An interesting read, with much to say about Americans (that is hilarious), February 28, 2011

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E.J. Kaye (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Martin Chuzzlewit (Everyman Classics) (Hardcover)

Good, but not great read. It's not the best Dickens, but it's still pretty darn good. Character development is true to form for Dickens, and the plot had some muddled areas. I really enjoyed his characterization of Americans.