Martin Chuzzlewit Parte 1

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. Martin Chuzzlewit is Charles Dickens's powerful black comedy of hypocrisy and greed.The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's jou...