Dec 22, 2009

Martin Chuzzlewit | Martin Chuzzlewit

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Author: Charles Dickens
First Published: 1843
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: Nineteenth century
Genres: Long fiction, Satire
Subjects: Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Social issues, England or English people, Greed, London, Corruption, Money, Fraud, Architecture or architects
Locales: United States, London, England, Salisbury, England

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*Wiltshire. District in southern England in which Mr. Pecksniff runs an architectural school out of his home in an unnamed village near Salisbury. From this base, Pecksniff plots to secure the money from his aging cousin old Martin Chuzzlewit, ultimately reducing him from house-guest to helpless dependent. When old Chuzzlewit’s repentant grandson, young Martin, poses a threat to Pecksniff’s power, Pecksniff smugly dismisses the young man from his home, secure in his power over the grandfather. Pecksniff also invites old Martin’s companion, Mary Graham,...

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Martin Chuzzlewit | Martin Chuzzlewit

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