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After losing his inheritance, a young man strives to make his own fortune, in this witty, wide-ranging saga by the iconic nineteenth-century novelist.

When young Martin Chuzzlewit falls in love with his grandfather’s devoted nursemaid, the elder Chuzzlewit is furious and decides to disinherit the boy. Thus, Martin is thrust into the world to find his own way.

An apprenticeship with an architect seems like a fine start. But not long after Martin begins working for Seth Pecksniff—who has a secret agenda in hiring him—Martin’s grandfather maneuvers to have him dismissed. Eventually, Martin makes his way to America in the company of his friend Tom. But the trip is an unmitigated disaster, and they are plagued by misfortune until they turn tail and race back to England. Little does Martin know there are far more surprises awaiting him in this novel of twists and turns, dreamers and schemers, greed and murder, from the Victorian era’s literary master.

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Old Martin Chuzzlewit has a great fortune, but to whom can he leave it? He and his likable grandson, young Martin, have fallen out. Beyond that, a tangle of sly, grasping relatives coil about him. Throughout, the reader is rooting for the gentle Tom Pinch and his lovely sister, Mary. But before all can be decided, Dickens puts both Tom and young Martin through murder, mayhem and a brief purgatory in the United States. Reader Davidson quickly tunes into Dickens's ferocious irony, but his paramount strength is his uncanny ability to find and maintain the perfect voice for each of the vintage characters: drippy, insinuous, vicious, sly, bold American backwoods, or London Cheapside. Each is a distinct creation! Dickens lovers will treasure every tape in this two-volume masterpiece. P.E.F.An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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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 --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors' prison and child labor and afforded him a few years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. He was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters.

Frederick Davidson (1932-2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile's Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.

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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. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Young Martin's comic odyssey to the New World; the naive Tom Pinch's rite of passage from innocence to enlightenment; the smooth scheming of the arch hypocrite Pecksniff; the grotesque self-love of Mrs. Gamp; the increasingly-desperate machinations of murderous Jonas Chuzzlewit; all are portrayed with a typically Dickensian flair for unerringly accurate social satire and buoyantly extravagant characterization. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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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 Iris great fortune.
Having unjustly disinherited Iris grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as Iris 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.
Reluctantly heading for America in search of opportunity, the penniless young Martin goes west, rides a riverboat, and is overtaken by bad company and mortal danger -- while the battle for his grandfather's gold reveals new depths of family treachery, cunning, and ruthlessness. And in scene after wonderful scene of conflict and suspense, of high excitement and fierce and hilarious satire, Dickens's huge saga of greed versus decency comes to its magnificent climax. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Very Tedious

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2020

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This is the fifth novel by Charles Dickens ,not counting his Christmas Novella's,that I have read. It is the least favorite of the five that I have read. It is very long and tedious. Dickens has long,flowing descriptions of things that just don't really matter to the story. It really bogs down the overall tale. As in other Dickens novels there are many varied and interesting characters. Maybe too many in this story to keep up with. Also greed and avarice are a highlight as in most of his other novels. The story did get better the further you went but it takes way too long to get there and the ending is mostly disappointing. IMO, Dickens fell in love of his own ability and genius of writing very descriptive proses and neglected to stay with the story, especially early on in the book. If you are wanting to read all of Dickens novels I would put this one way down on your list or read it early just to get it over with. It's just not that good.

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Dickens, Tediously Verbose

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2016

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This, to date, is my least favorite Dickens novel (I only have 2 more to go to have read them all). Many of his books take a good while to have the story lines come together, for something to "happen." This one took nearly the entire length! It was a struggle to get through the endless pages of scenery descriptions and nonsensical monologues, which I often plowed through on the assumption that they would turn out to offer a clue or some other purpose, and which mostly turned out to be nothing but Dickens exercising his knack for description and dialog, to amuse himself. The scenes that took place in America were interesting for their insight into what the U.S. looked like in those days, especially to a foreigner (it looked mostly ridiculous!). Other than that, this novel was tedious.

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Ronald W. Maron

....not every rose smells quite as sweet

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2012

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1843 was the year that Dickens decided to explore the potential psychological changes that a person may undergo. In his well known classic " A Christmas Carol' we follow the life of his the author's tragic hero as he undergoes a life review, past, present and future. We, as readers, are caught up in this drama because of the constants that Dickens has shown in his earlier works; flowing descriptions, fast actions and dialogue, the quick dash to a moralistic ending and, lastly, the author's penchant for `happily ever after' endings. This work was, and will remain, his classic work in the novella format.

The other work that was done this year with a similar aim in mind was "Martin Chuzzlewit". Unfortunately, our renowned author was off the mark in this quest. While Scrooge's transformation was transparent through the spiritual visitations, old Martin's took place over and extended period of time and only done through the actions of his adopted girl, Mary, and done completely out of the reader's purview. This difference leads the first to seem as a natural part of an ongoing sequence whereas the second is awkward, lacks a reality base and requires the reader to totally shift his conclusion about the book title's character at the near finish of the novel. In `A Christmas Carol' we have a wide variety of believable and endearing characters who show a vast array of positive human qualities. From the Crachits we see humble grace, from the nephew we find familial love, and from Fezziwig we find professional honor and grace. "Martin Chuzzlewit", on the other hand takes all these and other uplifting qualities of human life and places them in a single, awkward and less-than-handsome character known as Tom Finch. Yes, I realize that the author was simply pointing out that the true value of life's meaning can be found in the most unlikely of persons, but Dickens did it to such an extreme that it falls off the far side of the table called `reality'. By overly saturating us with Tom and his virtues, the author's important character lesson quickly loses its credibility. Lastly, unlike the novella, the action in this 800+ page tome is very limited and/or non-existent. It reads more like a Victorian soap opera than it does like Dickens's more commanding and directive works. "The Pickwick Papers" and this work are the only two novels written by Dickens that appear as they were presented to his reading public; as a series of installments that occurred over a one year period. This, too, adds to the awkwardness of this book when taken as a whole.

I have read "A Christmas Carol" numerous times and plan to do the same in the future. Although both this and "Martin Chuzzlewit" attempt to portray the same message, I do not see myself ever rereading the latter. It is far too cumbersome and lacks a firm thematic directive throughout..............

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A long, long book well written, but somewhat unsatisfying.

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2016

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The most obvious feature of the book from the start is how long it is. And it is long for a reason. The dialogue of the many characters and the descriptions of the characters, the surroundings, environment, and emotions are seemingly never ceasing. I would take issue with the descriptions of America with regard to geography. The fictional location of Eden in the United States was impossible for me to imagine from the description of the trip and what awaited Mark and Martin. The characterizations of the political attitudes of America seemed sufficient.
Still the plot seemed complicated enough for me to wonder where it led and to keep reading. I did get to the end and wondered why Dickens did not spend more time writing and developing the finish. As it is, I wished that I had given up about 50 pages earlier.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2014

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I'll admit, I'm biased because Charles Dickens is my favorite classical writer. No one tells a story with the most colorful of characters and wit in them like he does. Parts of this book are laugh out loud and what I love about Dickens is that he sees right through people for what they are and his barbs are aimed well. I think he must have just made a trip to the US when he wrote this book as he sends his lead character there to "find himself" but right from the start, you are drawn into and introduced to a real "rogues gallery". I found the ending to be a little trite, and this isn't his best book in my opinion, but it's a great read and a must for any Dickens lover.

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An excellent change of pace

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2021

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I have read The Tale of Two Cities and other works of Dickens several times but never Martin Chuzzlewit. I really enjoyed it up until the end. It seemed a bit drawn out and I was ready to finish and go on. I was surprised and pleased at the tongue in cheek humor. A long trip worth the time.

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M. Dowden

Hardly His Best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2021

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With an author such as Charles Dickens who was prolific, not only with his novels, but also short stories and other writings, so it is inevitable that at times the quality of some of his works suffers. Indeed, we all know this is so with prolific modern authors who end up producing a body of work that invariably has its ups and downs. This novel then has never been one of his popular books.

As with his other books, and also for many another writer of the time, so this was initially serialized, but it never caught the imagination of the public as his previous novels had done. With this being noticeable so Dickens did alter the plot somewhat whilst still writing this and had our main character heading off to America, where Dickens had been recently. This then does sit at an odd angle with the rest of the novel and does not fit neatly into the main tale, which in itself is a problem and causes an uneasy effect, and with his satire of the US did not go down well with his American readers. We know that Dickens did not have as deep an understanding of the US as he did of course of this country, and this is a satire, and so the author only did what he had done with his tales in this country, showing bad as well as good people and practises, but people do not like foreigners pointing out unpleasantries to them.

We are thus given something that is very uneven and at times with a rather messy plot and considering that at the time we are talking about when this was written stories were at times quite convoluted, so as to supply a hook to keep readers coming back for the following instalments, to see something as messy has to really stand out. With his own problems and feeling a certain sense of anger, so Dickens had a run in with his publishers wanting some of their advance back, all whilst trying to write something that would please his readers, and thus having to tinker with the plot. With hindsight it is of course really easy to look back and criticise a book, but his contemporaries were also criticising it, and personally I think that really the author tried to take on too much within his framework. This would I feel have worked much better if it had been a slightly shorter work, and the family squabbling that goes on was brought more to the forefront and kept there, as we follow certain machinations. After all this book is ultimately about selfishness and greed, and although the satire can add to this and make us laugh this would have been better if it had been given a more solid plot and substance.

When we first read that opening chapter, we can see Dickens in fine fettle and we cannot help but laugh art the history of the Chuzzlewit family, but this diamond clear precision is not kept up, with only certain chapters showing it, and this also leads to our disappointment. Although then a poor offering from one of our most loved authors, this is still an okay average read as such, but not one of Dickens’ best books and so one that will always lead to a certain amount of disappointment.

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trevor dawson

Puzzlement or Got There in the End!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2020

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A sprawling and sometimes incoherent read, there is still much to enjoy in this novel. There are some memorable characters and a narrative that at times achieves extraordinary emotional and descriptive power but it is perhaps not so surprising that it was less popular in its day than Dickens' other works despite the author's own affection for it. There is a lack of directional thrust in the telling of the story and the reader's attention is too often distracted as characters are taken up and dropped as Dickens apparently shifted his focus in response to audience reaction. He handles multi-plot strands more smoothly in Bleak House. However, accounts of Martin the younger's transatlantic crossing and the murder of Tigg are superbly done and there is much of Dickens' humour throughout-notably in the hilarious ramblings of Sarey Gamp and the preposterous preening of Pecksniff. The controversial portrayal of America and Americans is fascinating. I personally found Dickens' unrestrained delight in his portrayal of Tom Pinch and his sister Ruth too sugary for modern tastes. Overall, I'm glad I have added Martin Chuzzlewit to my list of read novels but it will not be among my favourites.

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RYAN FIENNES

Everyman's Library Classics Edition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 21, 2020

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My review is for the Everyman's Library Classics Edition.
These editions are by far the best quality editions of books I have found, for quite a reasonable price, I feel.
They are quality bound, with acid-free paper; they have good size print; ribbon page markers; and come with dust jackets.
If you see your favourite books, in these editions: I cannot recommend them more.
They represent great value for money.

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Mr. J. M. Haines

One of Dickens' very Best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2015

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Unless a due degree of fame for Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit has somehow passed me by (and that's easily quite possible), then this at least appears to be one of the great man's lesser known / lesser read works. If so, then it makes it even better as I think this is one of Dickens' secret gems; note I didn't say little, it is far far from that, but a gem regardless. It isn't perfect by any means, but it really is, in my opinion anyway, one of Dickens' very best.

Basically, we have the usual Dickens trait of a situation early on in the story not only setting the scene, but acting as the core of several strands with each strand representing different characters but with each strand linked, to a lesser or greater degree, with each other, and with happenings and person / people we are introduced to very early on.

Old Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy, mean, family-hating curmudgeon, along with a faithful young female companion book themselves into an inn; separate rooms of course in case anyone asks . . . but the old man takes ill; the attack is so bad it's generally thought he would not recover. Within hours it seems, his entire wider family are gathered at the inn, hoping to find out who would benefit from the old man's passing, or to curry favour and put their case to him in his final hours. This fails - totally. Not only that, he recovers and steals away, with his companion in tow.

It is the above which really starts the whole thing off; we come to know many relatives, friends, enemies, and some odd humurous characters as the story progresses. Much of the tale is devoted to scheming, cynical supposed-architect, Seth Pecksniff; one of those love 'em 'cause you hate 'em Victorian hypocrites, painting evils as virtue, and true virtue as vulgar. He passes this philosophy on to his two daughters, Charity and Mercy (ha!), and the ones on the immediate receiving end of such compassion are the young gentleman who are duped into attending his architectural school, where from day one they are accordingly fleeced, both their cash and even their ideas. One in his employ, Tom Pinch, is a poor unfortunate meek young lad, supposedly also there to learn architecture but ends up part of the inventory, acting the part of general dogs-body to fathers and gals - poorly paid and ill treated. But he's also the nicest character in the book, and his meek mild ways can (and does at times) diffuse potentially nasty situations.

It's too much I think to mention all other main characters in depth, so here's just a few lines on most, and how they fit it into the tale.

John Westlock and young Martin Chuzzlewit, very similar in some ways, but John is the nicer of the two at first (at first as in, he stays nice, but Martin junior has to deal with some elitism issues along the way). They both leave Pecksniff's establishment, the former after a long spell, glad to go after realising Pecksniff is just an out and out fraud, the latter after only seemingly arriving and still drying his boots - he was sent to Pecksniff by Pops, and then due to family developments and tensions, Pops just as quickly asks Pecksniff to send him packing.

Young Martin's departure sees him off to the good ole USA; he takes this book's version of Sam Weller with him - Mark Tapley, a happy go lucky yet at the same time solid as reliable young-ish man. Current position, barman, but he wants to be rather jollier somewhere else, so virtually forces himself onto Martin as his butler-assistant-valet-horseman, or perhaps all-round gentleman's gentleman is a better way of putting it. It is at this point the disinherited Martin realises his days of lording it are over, and duly makes Mark an equal partner in any venture they get in to; Mark is unsettled at this idea but eventually agrees, although he unceasingly cannot forget what he sees as his rightful position. Now, on the USA side of the tale - it is two things at once, neither of which add much to the main story, but thankfully nor does it spoil; it stands alone, it does well standing alone, and once over, there's no problem with coming back across the briny, for us as readers that is. The two things in question though, firstly, I think it acts as pure padding with the original serialisation in mind, and I also think it's about Dickens' wanting to be honest in fiction and of course humour, about the somewhat dubious principals displayed by most eminent US citizens at that time. The almighty dollar was just as almighty then as it is now. But, Martin's and Mark's adventure is enjoyable as they set up home and business in a feverous swamp area somewhere in the south.

Tom's tale continues, we meet his sister Ruth, a lovely quiet girl much ill-used and abused (in a bullying sense) by her employers. They are flung together soon after Tom is also shown the door from Pecksniff's, and they try and eek out a living somehow, living in dingy rooms in a poor part of London.

Much of the rest of the tale concerns other wider members of the Chuzzlewit clan, mostly bent and obnoxious, especially Jonas, a drunken, arrogant violent man; Chevy Slyme - another neer-do-well for much of the tale but without the extra-harsh edge of Jonas, and who is really a foil for Victorian scam artist, Tigg Montagu. Near the end of the tale Tigg and Jonas come together in a banking / investment scam and even trap Pecksniff into its nets.

One other character, and her umbrella, also merits a mention - Mrs Sarah Gamp. She is - supposedly - a nurse of sorts, but her skills don't stop at the living; she is often drafted in to deal with the early aspects of death. She is a hoot. Her mannerisms and speech and turns of phrase, so so affected, are hilarious. Her nursly demands for her on-shift viands are considerable too, giving the maid her orders for her supper early on in the evening; including various beers and spirits, which, of course, are for medicinal purposes only (for herself that is). Her constant references to an old friend that may not exist, 'Mrs 'Arris, are delightful, and her relationship, both the good times and bad, with her shift oppo, are a joy to read.

Now I hope the above is non-spoilery for new readers, if not, then I do apologise, but these last few lines are quite possibly a spoiler to some degree, so do bear this in mind if thinking of buying and reading the book.

Not long after Martin and Mark return from the USA, wiser, poorer, poorly shod and probably even thinner than upon leaving, the different strands begin to come together, and we find, some things at least, are not what we as readers were led to believe was quite the case. Contrived, convenient, too much so perhaps? Yes, of course it is, but it just does not matter.

Martin Chuzzlewit is a highly engaging and entertaining yarn of life at the top, in the middle and at the bottom, as usual, or as we usually expect from the great man.

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Michael Cox

A hard slog but worth it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 21, 2020

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This was hard work, especially trying to keep track of which Chuzzlewit was which, but the themes are brought out well and the characterisation brilliant, and there are some great moments of dark humour. The take on America is fascinating although it feels strangely detached from the main narrative.

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