Martin Chuzzlewit (Nonesuch Dickens) [Hardcover]

Charles Dickens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 2008 | Series: Nonesuch Dickens

Dickens turns his satirical eye on America in Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized 1843-1844), when young Martin embarks on a voyage that is destined to affect the fortunes of his family and his love. This comic masterpiece is the last of Dickens' picaresque novels and introduces one of his greatest villains, Seth Pecksniff

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"No more handsome edition of Dickens has yet appeared, nor is it easy to conceive of any which might surpass this one." --The Scotsman

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The classic, definitive, world-famous Nonesuch Press edition of 1937, finally available again and bound in leather and linen. The text in these stunning volumes is taken from the 1867 Chapman and Hall edition, which became known as the Charles Dickens edition and was the last edition to be corrected by the author himself. The Nonesuch edition contains full-color illustrations selected by Dickens himself, by artists including Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz"), George Cruikshank, John Leech, Robert Seymour, and George Cattermole.

The Nonesuch Dickens reproduces the original elegance of these beautiful editions. Books are printed on natural cream-shade high quality stock, quarter bound in bonded leather with cloth sides, include a ribbon marker, and feature special printed endpapers. Each volume is wrapped in a protective, clear acetate jacket.

The books are available as individual volumes, or as sets. The six-volume set contains Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Christmas Books, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations together with Hard Times. The three-volume set contains A Tale of Two Cities, Little Dorrit, and The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 896 pages
• Publisher: Overlook Hardcover (November 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590201302
• ISBN-13: 978-1590201305
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.6 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,120,913 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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review of the Nonesuch Dickens edition, July 11, 2009

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This review is from: Martin Chuzzlewit (Nonesuch Dickens) (Hardcover)

My review here is not of the novel, but rather of the Nonesuch edition of Dickens' classic. The book itself is a facsimile edition of the 1937 Nonesuch Dickens, and is published by The Overlook Press. The book is in quality hardback. The "Martin Chuzzlewit" Nonesuch edition has the spine bound in leather and the rest of the cover is cloth-bound [the color of the cloth is an attractive rich red].The dust jacket is clear quality plastic. The paper quality is of good stock and is cream in color. The book comes with a satin ribbon marker.

The text is set in Martin's Type and the illustrations are from the original plates. This is a handsome edition [in fact the Nonesuch editions of Dickens' works are amongst the most beautiful, affordable editions of Dickens' works] and the Nonesuch Dickens Classics will enhance any collector's library.