Life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, his relatives, friends, and enemies : comprising all his wills and his ways : with an historical record of what he did, and what he didn't : showing, moreover, who inherited the family plate, who came in for the silver spoons, and who for the wooden ladles : the whole forming a complete key to the house of Chuzzlewit, no. 12

The main theme of the novel according to Dickens's preface is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. Dickens introduced the first private detective character in this novel. The original parts issued from January 1843 to July 1844. Chapters 30-32: Chapter 30. Proves that changes may be rung in the best-regulated families, and that Mr. Pecksniff was a special hand at a Triple-Bob-Major -- Chapter 31. Mr. Pinch is discharged of a duty which he never owed to anybody; and Mrs. Pecksniff discharges a duty which he owes to society -- Chapter 32. Treats of Todgers's again; and of another blighted plant besides the plants upon the leads

In Collection:

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Creator

• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

Contributor

• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882

Subject

• Picaresque literature
• Families
• Dysfunctional families
• Selfishness
• Orphans

Publisher

• London : Chapman and Hall

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Call Number: PR4563 A1 1843

Date created

• 1843 to 1844

Relation

•  https://search.library.uvic.ca/permalink/01VIC_INST/71bv5b/alma992323993807291

Resource type

• Text

Source

• University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections, PR4563 A1 1843

Rights statement

• Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Extent

• 20 numbers in 19 volumes (642, xiv, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates) ; 23 cm

Alternative title

• Martin Chuzzlewit

Geographic coverage

• England

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• Illustrations.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Victorian Serial Novels Collection

Provenance

• Donor: Dr. Claude E. Emery

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• fiction (general genre)
• books
• serials (publications)
• publications (documents)
• novels

Date digitized

• August 31, 2010

Technical note

• 24 bit colour; 40% original size; 150 dpi med quality (5) jpg; 24 bit colour 400 dpi bmpScanned and compressed by CDW/SR; metadata by GF and KD.

Permalink

• https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/5dab57b3-145c-4164-a2e7-ef432fda730a

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

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