Martin Chuzzlewit

, by Dickens, Charles (Author); Ingham, Patricia (Editor/introduction); Ingham, Patricia (Notes by)

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ISBN: 9780140436143 | 0140436146
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/1/2000

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While writing The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit - his sixth novel - Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories'. He was already famous as the author of The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist. Set partly in America, which Dickens had visited in 1842, the novel includes a searing satire on the United States. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, with increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful black comedy involves hypocrisy, greed and blackmail, as well as one of the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs Gamp. In her introduction to this new Penguin Classics edition, Patricia Ingham discusses how, in writing a story that was only meant to recommend 'goodness and innocence', Dickens succeeded in exploring 'the intertwining of moral sensibility and brutality'.

Introduction	p. vii
Note on the Text	p. xvii
Preface	p. xxiii
ntroductory, Concerning the Pedigree of The Chuzzlewit Family	p. 1
Wherein Certain Persons Are Presented to The Reader, with Whom He May, If He Please, Become Better Acquainted	p. 23
In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms as in the Last Chapter	p. 40
In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms as in the Last Chapter	p. 89
Accompanies Mr. Pecksniff and His Charming Daughters to the City of London; and Relates What Fell Out, Upon Their Way Thither	p. 103
Town and Todgers's	p. 112
Containing Strange Matter; on Which Many Events In This History, May, for Their Good or Evil Influence, Chiefly Depend	p. 135
Wherein a Certain Gentleman Becomes Particular In His Attentions to a Certain Lady; and More Coming Events Than One, Cast Their Shadows Before	p. 148
Will Be Seen in the Long Run, If Not in the Short One, To Concern Mr. Pinch and Others, Nearly. Mr. Pecksniff Asserts the Dignity of Outraged Virtue; And Young Martin Chuzzlewit Forms a Desperate Resolution	p. 166
Showing, What Became of Martin and His Desperate Resolve, After He Left Mr. Pecksniff's House; What Persons He Encountered; What Anxieties He Suffered And What News He Heard	p. 184
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection	p. 202
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection	p. 211
In Which Martin Bids Adieu to the Lady of His Love And Honors an Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends to Make, by Commending Her to His Protection	p. 238
Does Business with the House of Anthony Chuzzlewit And Son, from Which One of the Partners Retires Unexpectedly	p. 255
The Reader is Brought into Communication With Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear Over The Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas	p. 264
The Reader is Brought into Communication With Some Professional Persons, and Sheds a Tear Over The Filial Piety of Good Mr. Jonas	p. 280
More American Experiences. Martin Takes a Partner And Makes a Purchase. Some Account of Eden, as It Appeared on Paper. Also of the British Lion. Also Of The Kind of Sympathy Professed and Entertained, By The Watertoast Association of United Sympathizers	p. 293
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why	p. 313
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why	p. 322
From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became a Lion On His Own Account. Together with the Reason Why	p. 330
Is in Part Professional; and Furnishes the Reader With Some Valuable Hints in Relation to The Management of a Sick Chamber	p. 345
An Unexpected Meeting, and a Promising Prospect	p. 359
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten	p. 387
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten	p. 436
Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, but in False Colours. That People Are Prone to Bite; and That Biters May Sometimes Be Bitten	p. 442
In Which the Travellers Move Homeward, And Encounter Some Distinguished Characters Upon the Way	p. 457
Arriving in England, Martin Witnesses a Ceremony From Which He Derives the Cheering Information That He Has Not Been Forgotten in His Absence	p. 471
Arriving in England, Martin Witnesses a Ceremony From Which He Derives the Cheering Information That He Has Not Been Forgotten in His Absence	p. 477
Tom Pinch, Going Astray, Finds That He is Not The Only Person in That Predicament. He Retaliates Upon a Fallen Foe	p. 496
Secret Service	p. 504
Secret Service	p. 513
The Pinches Make a New Acquaintance, and Have Fresh Occasion for Surprise and Wonder	p. 529
Mr. Jonas and His Friend, Arriving at a Pleasant Understanding, Set Forth Upon an Enterprise	p. 541
Continuation of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend	p. 550
Has an Influence on the Fortunes of Several People Mr. Pecksniff is Exhibited in the Plenitude of Power And Wields the Same with Fortitude and Magnanimity	p. 559
Further Continuation of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend	p. 577
n Which Tom Pinch and His Sister Take a Little Pleasure; but Quite in a Domestic Way, and with No Ceremony About It	p. 586
In Which Miss Pecksniff Makes Love, Mr. Jonas Makes Wrath, Mrs. Gamp Makes Tea, and Mr. Chuffey Makes Business	p. 594
Conclusion of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas And His Friend	p. 614
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 622
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 636
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 644
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 650
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts ADoubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 660
Bears Tidings of Martin, and of Mark, as Well As Of a Third Person Not Quite Unknown to the Reader Exhibits Filial Piety in an Ugly Aspect; and Casts A Doubtful Ray of Light Upon a Very Dark Place	p. 679
What John Westlock Said to Tom Pinch's Sister What Tom Pinch's Sister Said to John Westlock What Tom Pinch Said to Both of Them; and How They All Passed the Remainder of the Day	p. 698
Gives the Author Great Concern. for It is the Last In the Book	p. 706
Preface to the Cheap Edition (1850)	p. 717
Preface to the Charles Dickens Edition (1867)	p. 719
Postscript Added in 18681	p. 721
Preliminaries and Number Plans	p. 723
Explanatory Notes	p. 727
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