{"product_id":"martin-chuzzlewit-1","title":"Martin Chuzzlewit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile writing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Chuzzlewit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - his sixth novel - Dickens declared it 'immeasurably the best of my stories.' He was already famous as the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet partly in America, which Dickens had visited in 1842, the novel includes a searing satire on the United States. Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, with increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful black comedy involves hypocrisy, greed and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs Gamp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53097853517984,"sku":"1650000011879","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/31937698405.jpg?v=1765302066","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/martin-chuzzlewit-1","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}