Martin Chuzzlewit [electronic resource] : the life and adventures of / Charles Dickens.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is, according to Dickens, a novel about selfishness. And every member of the Chuzzlewit family is given the chance to display their own brand thereof, among them the infamous villain Jonas Chuzzlewit. After sales of the first few serial installments were poor, Dickens moved the action to America, which he satirized as a vast wilderness peopled by likewise selfish characters.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620110638 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1620110636 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: [S.I.] : Duke Classics, c2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "First published in 1844"--T.p. verso. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from EPUB title page (OverDrive viewed, June 15, 2012). |
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Genre: | Satire. Black humor (Literature) Adventure fiction. Bildungsromans. Electronic books. |