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- catalog abstract "At The Center of Martin Chuzzlewit -- the novel Angus Wilson called "one of the most sheerly exciting of all Dickens stories"--Is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of Iris 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 Iris great fortune. Having unjustly disinherited Iris grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as Iris 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. Reluctantly heading for America in search of opportunity, the penniless young Martin goes west, rides a riverboat, and is overtaken by bad company and mortal danger -- while the battle for his grandfather's gold reveals new depths of family treachery, cunning, and ruthlessness. And in scene after wonderful scene of conflict and suspense, of high excitement and fierce and hilarious satire, Dickens's huge saga of greed versus decency comes to its magnificent climax.".
- catalog contributor b9328792.
- catalog contributor b9328793.
- catalog coverage "England Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "United States Description and travel Fiction.".
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "At The Center of Martin Chuzzlewit -- the novel Angus Wilson called "one of the most sheerly exciting of all Dickens stories"--Is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of Iris 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 Iris great fortune. Having unjustly disinherited Iris grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as Iris 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. Reluctantly heading for America in search of opportunity, the penniless young Martin goes west, rides a riverboat, and is overtaken by bad company and mortal danger -- while the battle for his grandfather's gold reveals new depths of family treachery, cunning, and ruthlessness. And in scene after wonderful scene of conflict and suspense, of high excitement and fierce and hilarious satire, Dickens's huge saga of greed versus decency comes to its magnificent climax.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiii).".
- catalog extent "xlvii, 851 p. :".
- catalog identifier "067943884X".
- catalog isPartOf "Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, inc.) ; 200.".
- catalog isPartOf "Everyman's library ; 200".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : A.A. Knopf,".
- catalog spatial "England Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "United States Description and travel Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "823/.8 20".
- catalog subject "Avarice Fiction.".
- catalog subject "British Travel United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "British United States Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Grandfathers Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR4563.A2 C37 1994".
- catalog subject "Young men Fiction.".
- catalog title "Martin Chuzzlewit / Charles Dickens ; with forty illustrations by "Phiz" ; introduced by William Boyd.".
- catalog type "Adventure fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Adventure stories. gsafd".
- catalog type "Bildungsromans. gsafd".
- catalog type "Black humor (Literature) gsafd".
- catalog type "Satire. lcgft".
- catalog type "Satire.".
- catalog type "text".