Martin Chuzzlewit

by Dickens, Charles

While writing Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.' 

Set partly in America, 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, and increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful comedy involves hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs. Gamp.

Martin Chuzzlewit is considered one of Dickens's last picaresque novels. 

First Edition Identification

Martin Chuzzlewit was published in 19 monthly installments, each comprising 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Hablot K. "Phiz" Browne. Published in 1842-1844. 

The first compiled book edition was published in1844 by Chapman & Hall.

Other Collectible or Notable Editions

Nelson, London., N.D. 1920. New edition in the Nelson Sixpenny Classics series. Small octavo. Two volumes, frontispiece illustration in each volume. Green cloth decorated in blind

London: Chapman and Hall Limited,, 1890. Octavo, contemporary black half calf, titles and elaborate decoration to spine gilt, red morocco label, raised bands, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges. Frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 38 plates by Hablot Knight Browne

London: Chapman and Hall,, 1844. Octavo (220 x 145 mm). Contemporary half calf for Hatchard & Co, marbled sides, raised bands with gilt decoration, green endpapers. Etched frontispiece and vignette on title page with 38 plates by Phiz (H. K. Browne)

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