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This edition of one of Dickens's earlier novels is based on the accurate Clarendon edition of the text and includes the prefaces to the 1850 and 1867 editions and Dickens's Number Plans.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Whilst Martin Chuzzlewit may not be one of Dickens' best books, it is nonetheless wonderfully enjoyable. The humour overflows, the characterisation is marvellous - the book is replete with great characthers from the humble and gentle Tom Pinch, the obnoxiously pompous and hypocritical Pecksniff, old Martin Chuzzlewit himself, Tigg the waster become fradulent financier, Mark Tapley, the man of indomitable spirits always seeking the worst possible conditions in life so that he can gain some credit & Jonas Chuzzlewit, nastiness personified. I suppose one might say that Martin Chuzzlewit junior is probably the least charactherful but his escapade in America his hilarious with the locals being painted in a very satirical light. The plot sprawled a bit but the last 100 pages were great with real tension as to the outcome. And, the penultiate scene where old Martin Chuzzlewit gathers the clan together is like something out of a Mozart opera. I also particularly enjoyed the nature scenes. So. enjoy and read one of Dicken's lesser masterpieces, but a masterpiece nonetheless.
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I've been reading Dickens' novels in the same order as he wrote them for a couple of months now, and before I began 'Martin Chuzzlewit' I did a quick search on the web and stumbled on dozens of webpages referring to this novel either as 'one of the lesser works' or - conversely - as 'sadly neglected'. Well, which is it? I could not help but wonder and eagerly began reading, and now, having finished it I'm rather of the 'sadly neglected'-school I must say.
True, 'Martin Chuzzlewit' is perhaps not in the same category as 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Barnaby Rudge' or 'Oliver Twist' (I'm limiting myself to novels I've actually read) but it is in its own right a very very enjoyable novel! Dickens set out (as he states in his preface) to picture selfishness, 'the commonest of all vices', and the damage it can wreak on human relations and society at large, and he does so admirably to my mind. The entire Chuzzlewit-family, old Martin Chuzzlewit foremost, are a greedy, grasping lot, and (young) Martin Chuzzlewit seems set on the same path at the beginning of the book. It'll take a trip to the US and a near fatal illness to gain self-knowledge and maturity, and bring about a reunion with old Martin.
As often with Dickens, there are perhaps some minor flaws in the plot but, as always with Dickens, there are some truly unforgettable characters. Jonas Chuzzlewit is surely one of the most odious fictional characters I've come across, but it is perhaps the arch-hypocrite Mr Pecksniff that I'll remember the most. The way Dickens succeeds in portraying him, and flawlessly depicts him is stunning. There are some heart-rending scenes (Merry Pecksniff at the mercy of Jonas Chuzzlewit) but there is lots and lots of humour too involving Mark Tapley (Martin's companion in the US), Thomas Pinch, young Bailey, and scores of others...
So, to sum up: this is indeed perhaps not Dickens' best, but even a 'minor' Dickens is still a remarkably good book, well worth reading!
True, 'Martin Chuzzlewit' is perhaps not in the same category as 'The Pickwick Papers', 'Barnaby Rudge' or 'Oliver Twist' (I'm limiting myself to novels I've actually read) but it is in its own right a very very enjoyable novel! Dickens set out (as he states in his preface) to picture selfishness, 'the commonest of all vices', and the damage it can wreak on human relations and society at large, and he does so admirably to my mind. The entire Chuzzlewit-family, old Martin Chuzzlewit foremost, are a greedy, grasping lot, and (young) Martin Chuzzlewit seems set on the same path at the beginning of the book. It'll take a trip to the US and a near fatal illness to gain self-knowledge and maturity, and bring about a reunion with old Martin.
As often with Dickens, there are perhaps some minor flaws in the plot but, as always with Dickens, there are some truly unforgettable characters. Jonas Chuzzlewit is surely one of the most odious fictional characters I've come across, but it is perhaps the arch-hypocrite Mr Pecksniff that I'll remember the most. The way Dickens succeeds in portraying him, and flawlessly depicts him is stunning. There are some heart-rending scenes (Merry Pecksniff at the mercy of Jonas Chuzzlewit) but there is lots and lots of humour too involving Mark Tapley (Martin's companion in the US), Thomas Pinch, young Bailey, and scores of others...
So, to sum up: this is indeed perhaps not Dickens' best, but even a 'minor' Dickens is still a remarkably good book, well worth reading!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Delicious!
17 May 2011
Format:Paperback
Even if Charles Dickens was not a master storyteller (he is) and even if he wrote about the world the way it was more than a century ago ( he did) Martin Chuzzlewit would be worth the read just for the way the man uses words. They are breath and blood. Everything between the covers is alive. Who else could spend the first three pages of the second chapter describing blowing leaves and keep his reader enraptured. The story advances not an inch, but the reader doesn't care. He is feasting on the Queen's English the way only Charles Dickens can serve it up.Martin Chuzzlewit (Oxford World's Classics)
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
This is another of my Dickens favorites
13 Mar 2011
Format:Paperback
I can't say much else about the book besides I love it. There are complaints this book is anti-American and I would like to address that. I am a very patriotic American but I didn't find the content about that disturbing. Please do not throw away the chance to read the book just because of what critics say. If you just ignore any part about Americans, Dickens never really denounced them in his own words anyway in here, this book is great! Who cares if he didn't like America when he visited and portrayed some Americans not so flatteringly? Do you readers know how much he denounced England? He drew attention to so many sins and injustices of thiers! They had much more reason to hate him and they did! And he denounced France too, in Tale of Two Cities. He did so much damage to them, why should we get ruffled about us? I for one don't care what Dickens or any other person thinks of America, he changed his mind later in his life anyway and apoligized for his critisicm. Anyway, if there is any complaint about this book, please just throw away the American stuff and enjoy the book itself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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27 Jun 2011
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The story is one of Dicken's best. The edition could be a little better. Footnotes at the bottom of the pages would certainly help with explaining archaic words and phrases (the Norton critical editions do this brilliantly, but I don't think they have this work).
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