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The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
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Dickens thought it was “in a hundred points, immeasurably the best” of his stories. Yet it was also one of his greatest flops. Compared to his other novels, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was a dismal failure in terms of sales and the main reason for Dickens falling out with his long term publisher Chapman & Hall. They invoked a penalty clause and demanded that he pay back a portion of the advance which he refused. Martin Chuzzlewit was also dimly received in Dickens friendly America. Its vitriolic satire of American customs and manners was met with astonished rage on the other side of the Atlantic and Dickens began to receive masses of hate mail from offended Americans.The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, His Relatives, Friends and Enemies, comprising All His Wills and Ways... The Whole Forming a Complete Key to the House of Chuzzlewit is the original title, in typical elaborate Dickensian overkill. In fact, in his almost apologetic preface to the first editio
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Preface and Postscript
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Chapter 01 – Introductory, Concerning The Pedigree Of The Chuzzlewit Family
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Chapter 02a – Wherein Certain Persons Are Presented To The Reader, With Whom He May, If He Please, Become Better Acquainted – part 1
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Chapter 02b – Wherein Certain Persons Are Presented To The Reader, With Whom He May, If He Please, Become Better Acquainted – Part 2
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Chapter 03a – In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms As In The Last Chapter, Part 1
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Chapter 03b – In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms As In The Last Chapter, Part 2
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Chapter 07 – In Which Mr Chevy Slyme Asserts The Independence Of His Spirit, And The Blue Dragon Loses A Limb
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Chapter 08 – Accompanies Mr Pecksniff And His Charming Daughters To The City Of London; And Relates What Fell Out Upon Their Way Thither
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Chapter 09a – Town And Todger’s, Part 1
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Chapter 09b – Town And Todger’s, Part 2
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Chapter 10 – Containing Strange Matter, On Which Many Events In This History May, For Their Good Or Evil Influence, Chiefly Depend
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Chapter 15 – The Burden Whereof, Is Hail Columbia!
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Chapter 18 – Does Business With The House Of Anthony Chuzzlewit And Son, From Which One Of The Partners Retires Unexpectedly
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Chapter 20 – Is A Chapter Of Love
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Chapter 21a – More American Experiences, Martin Takes A Partner, And Makes A Purchase. Some Account Of Eden, As It Appeared On Paper. Also Of The British Lion. Also Of The Kind Of Sympathy Professed And Entertained By The Watertoast Association Of United Sympathisers, Part 1
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Chapter 21b – More American Experiences, Martin Takes A Partner, And Makes A Purchase. Some Account Of Eden, As It Appeared On Paper. Also Of The British Lion. Also Of The Kind Of Sympathy Professed And Entertained By The Watertoast Association Of United Sympathisers, Part 2
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Chapter 22 – From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became A Lion Of His Own Account. Together With The Reason Why
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Chapter 23 – Martin And His Partner Take Possession Of Their Estate. The Joyful Occasion Involves Some Further Account Of Eden
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Chapter 24 – Reports Progress In Certain Homely Matters Of Love, Hatred, Jealousy, And Revenge
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Chapter 25 – Is In Part Professional, And Furnishes The Reader With Some Valuable Hints In Relation To The Management Of A Sick Chamber
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Chapter 26 – An Unexpected Meeting, And A Promising Prospect
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Chapter 28 – Mr Montague At Home. And Mr Jonas Chuzzlewit At Home
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Chapter 29 – In Which Some People Are Precocious, Others Professional, And Others Mysterious; All In Their Several Ways
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Chapter 30 – Proves That Changes May Be Rung In The Best-Regulated Families, And That Mr Peckniff Was A Special Hand At A Triple-Bob-Major
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Chapter 32 – Treats Of Todger’s Again; And Of Another Blighted Plant Besides The Plants Upon The Leads
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Chapter 33a – Further Proceedings In Eden, And A Proceeding Out Of It. Martin Makes A Discovery Of Some Importance, Part 1
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Chapter 33b – Further Proceedings In Eden, And A Proceeding Out Of It. Martin Makes A Discovery Of Some Importance, Part 2
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Chapter 34 – In Which The Travellers Move Homeward, And Encounter Some Distinguished Characters Upon The Way
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Dickens thought it was “in a hundred points, immeasurably the best” of his stories. Yet it was also one of his greatest flops. Compared to his other novels, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was a dismal failure in terms of sales and the main reason for Dickens falling out with his long term publisher Chapman & Hall. They invoked a penalty clause and demanded that he pay back a portion of the advance which he refused. Martin Chuzzlewit was also dimly received in Dickens friendly America. Its vitriolic satire of American customs and manners was met with astonished rage on the other side of the Atlantic and Dickens began to receive masses of hate mail from offended Americans.The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, His Relatives, Friends and Enemies, comprising All His Wills and Ways... The Whole Forming a Complete Key to the House of Chuzzlewit is the original title, in typical elaborate Dickensian overkill. In fact, in his almost apologetic preface to the first editio
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