Martin Chuzzlewit

Dickens's classic examination of greed and hypocrisy, by turns disturbing and hilarious. The varying forms of the selfish Chuzzlewits are mercilessly dissected by Dickens, as he tells of their relentless in-fighting and ruthless pursuit of wealth. 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 characterisation. The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with original illustrations, introductions, notes, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Dickens’s life and times.