Martin Chuzzlewit
(Book)
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009.
ISBN
9780199554003, 0199554005
Lexile measure
1040L
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2009.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxviii, 736 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780199554003, 0199554005
Lexile measure
1040
Notes
General Note
Uses the Clarendon text and includes Dickens's Prefaces and 1868 Postscript, as well as eight of the original illustrations -- P. 4 of cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [727]-736).
Description
At the center of Martin Chuzzlewit is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of his close and distant relations, now converging in droves on the country inn where they believe he is dying, will stop at nothing to become the inheritor of his great fortune. Having unjustly disinherited his grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as his companion. Though she has been made to understand she will not inherit a penny, she remains old Chuzzlewit's only ally. As the viperish relations and hangers-on close in on him, we meet some of Dickens's most marvelous characters - among them Mr. Pecksniff (whose name has entered the language as a synonym for ultimate hypocrisy and self-importance): the fabulously evil Jonas Chuzzlewit: the strutting reptile Tigg Montague: and the ridiculous, terrible, comical Sairey Gamp.
Target Audience
1040L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,10,68,60410.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dickens, C., & Cardwell, M. (2009). Martin Chuzzlewit . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Margaret. Cardwell. 2009. Martin Chuzzlewit. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 and Margaret. Cardwell. Martin Chuzzlewit Oxford University Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dickens, Charles, and Margaret Cardwell. Martin Chuzzlewit Oxford University Press, 2009.
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