Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit tells the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have acquired the Chuzzlewit trait of selfishness. It contrasts their contrasting destinies of moral restoration and worldly achievement for one and progressively desperate criminality for the other. This intense black comedy features hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail, as well as Mrs Gamp, Chalres Dickens' most renowned grotesque. The work, which is set in part in America, contains a biting satire on the country. It's a typical Dickensian frolic, with thrills, passion, violent satire, suspense - and flashes of ludicrous laughter in the middle of sorrow.

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was an English writer, generally considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian period and responsible for some of English literature's most iconic novels and characters. He continues to be one of the best-known and most read of English authors, with multiple adaptations of his work frequently being produced.