Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens
List(s):"Carp 500"
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:851
Year of Publication:1844
Date Read:09/29/1996
Notes:Young Martin's comic odyssey to the New World; the naive Tom Pinch's rite of passage from innocence to enlightenment; the smooth scheming of the arch hypocrite Pecksniff; the grotesque self-love of Mrs. Gamp; the increasingly-desperate machinations of murderous Jonas Chuzzlewit; all are portrayed with a typically Dickensian flair for unerringly accurate social satire and buoyantly extravagant characterization.
My Rating: 7

Reviews for Martin Chuzzlewit

Review - Martin Chuzzlewit

Not one of Dickens' more famous works, and rightly so. Very few likeable characters. Jr. is dull, as is Pinch. Tapley has some good moments but doesn't play a major role. Dickens obviously hates America and has nothing good to say about Americans. Even the characters who were supposed to be funny were just annoying.

Reviewed by Roger on 2005-03-22 10:43:36

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