The vast cast of diverse characters includes, among many others, the hypocrite Mr. Pecksniff, the undertaker Mr. Mould, the jolly Mark Tapley, the gentle Tom Pinch, the nurse who enjoys her bottled comforts, Mrs. Gamp, and the lovely Mary Graham, over whom the disagreements of the young and old Martin Chuzzlewits cause the younger to go to America to seek his fortune. Dickens' depictions of the United States are amusing and scathing, to say the least!
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"A good read: interesting and humorous, with Dickens's finely drawn characters, as usual. Perhaps a little too long. Five stars ***** for anyone not in any rush. Three stars *** for anyone in a hurry. " — Dan (4 out of 5 stars)
"A good read: interesting and humorous, with Dickens's finely drawn characters, as usual. Perhaps a little too long. Five stars ***** for anyone not in any rush. Three stars *** for anyone in a hurry. "
" Jonas murders someone and is caught. Martin and Mark go to America and come back. Tom Pinch sees Mr Pecksniff for what he truly is. Everything is resolved in the end. "
" As funny as the first - glad it wasn't in America again, but still dragged when certain characters expounded on this and that. "
" Great book. Dickens' language takes a little getting used to but it's well worth the effort. "
" Dickens always gets five stars in my head, but for some reason I did not like the female character at all in this one. But of course the story was masterfully delivered. "
" I enjoyed it. Full of Dickens great characters, great story. "
" All right-I'm weird. I don't know why, I just really liked this one. Loved Martin.Ellie NYC "
" Dickens draws on his own experiences of travel in the USA, and his descriptions of politics there still seems quite relevant today. "
" I read this when I was a teenager and my grandmother sent us the set from England. I read it twice again at university. "
" I liked the story, but found the book to be difficult to read due to the rather long winded descriptions and antiquated language used. "
" Loved it and am very proud to have finished my goal of reading (at least once) all Dickens novels. "
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Landport, Portsmouth, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors’ prison and child labor and afforded him a few years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney’s clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. He was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature’s most iconic characters.
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