Martin Chuzzlewit, Volume 1

Charles Dickens

ReadHowYouWant.com, 1868 - Fiction - 563 pages

The story centers on wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit. His many relatives believe that he is at death's door, so they swarm about him like bees angling to get a piece of his fortune. The main theme of the novel is selfishness, which is portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family....

Contents

• CHAPTER TWO: 12
• CHAPTER THREE: 45
• CHAPTER FOUR: 79
• CHAPTER FIVE: 117
• CHAPTER SIX: 159
• CHAPTER SEVEN: 188
• CHAPTER EIGHT: 219
• CHAPTER NINE: 240
• CHAPTER TEN: 289
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: 319
• CHAPTER TWELVE: 359
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: 399
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: 440
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: 461
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: 479

About the author

Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Martin Chuzzlewit, Volume 1; Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens; The works of Charles Dickens; Works of Charles Dickens. Globe edition; Works. New National ed, Charles Dickens; Works: Globe edition, Charles Dickens
• Author: Charles Dickens
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 1868
• ISBN: 1427045011, 9781427045010
• Length: 563 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics