Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens Charles
Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens Charles Martin Chuzzlewit is suspicious -- and with good reason. Their greed and selfishness has made him a misanthrope, and when he finds his namesake grandson romancing…
Specifikacia Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens Charles
Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens Charles
Martin Chuzzlewit is suspicious -- and with good reason. Their greed and selfishness has made him a misanthrope, and when he finds his namesake grandson romancing his ward, the old man's wrath drives young Martin off to America to seek his fortune.Already famous as the author of The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens declared this, his sixth novel, as "immeasurably the best of my stories." The scheming Mr. His relatives think he's dying and they're flocking to his side from near and far in eager anticipation of inheriting his vast wealth.
Gamp, the criminal Jonas Chuzzlewit, and other vividly realized characters populate this powerful black comedy, which features a parody of American mores and manners inspired by the author's 1842 visit to the United States. Pecksniff, the corrupt Mrs. A captivating tale of hypocrisy and redemption, the novel is