Martin ChuzzlewitConsidered the last of Dickens' picaresque novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was released to the public in monthly installments. Sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This satirical twist portrays America as a near wilderness, with pockets of civilization populated by deceptive, self-promoting hucksters. |
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... thing' (as a young gentleman had observed in verse, in the Poet's Corner of a provincial newspaper), was the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Mr Pecksniff was a moral mana grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speechand he had had her ...
... thing' (as a young gentleman had observed in verse, in the Poet's Corner of a provincial newspaper), was the youngest Miss Pecksniff! Mr Pecksniff was a moral mana grave man, a man of noble sentiments and speechand he had had her ...
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... thing as this,' said Mr Pecksniff, laying the forefinger of his left hand upon the brown paper patch on the top of his head, 'slight casual baldness though it be, reminds us that we are but' he was going to say 'worms,' but recollecting ...
... thing as this,' said Mr Pecksniff, laying the forefinger of his left hand upon the brown paper patch on the top of his head, 'slight casual baldness though it be, reminds us that we are but' he was going to say 'worms,' but recollecting ...
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... thing!' It was perfectly charming, and worthy of the Pastoral age, to see how the two Miss Pecksniffs slapped each other after this, and then subsided into an embrace expressive of their different dispositions. 'He is well looking ...
... thing!' It was perfectly charming, and worthy of the Pastoral age, to see how the two Miss Pecksniffs slapped each other after this, and then subsided into an embrace expressive of their different dispositions. 'He is well looking ...
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... thing indeed!' 'What gentleman is this?' inquired the object of his virtuous doubts. 'Hush! don't trouble yourself, ma'am,' said Mr Pecksniff, as the landlady was about to answer. 'This young'in spite of himself he hesitated when ...
... thing indeed!' 'What gentleman is this?' inquired the object of his virtuous doubts. 'Hush! don't trouble yourself, ma'am,' said Mr Pecksniff, as the landlady was about to answer. 'This young'in spite of himself he hesitated when ...
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... thing. Pain and bitterness are the only goods it ever could procure for me. I hate it. It is a spectre walking before me through the world, and making every social pleasure hideous.' A thought arose in Pecksniff's mind, which must have ...
... thing. Pain and bitterness are the only goods it ever could procure for me. I hate it. It is a spectre walking before me through the world, and making every social pleasure hideous.' A thought arose in Pecksniff's mind, which must have ...
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