# Martin Chuzzlewit

**Author:** Charles Dickens
**Tags:** Satire, England, Bildungsromans, Adventure stories, Young men, British, United States, Black humor, Grandfathers, Avarice
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96773

## Description

Journey into the heart of Victorian England with Charles Dickens’s incisive novel, Martin Chuzzlewit, a biting satire on the pervasive nature of selfishness and avarice. At its core lies young Martin Chuzzlewit, an initially proud and self-centered young man who falls out with his equally headstrong grandfather over the orphan Mary Graham. Disinherited, young Martin embarks on a perilous adventure to America alongside the ever-optimistic Mark Tapley, hoping to make his fortune in the deceptive settlement of Eden. Back in England, the extended Chuzzlewit family schemes for inheritance, led by the utterly hypocritical architect Seth Pecksniff and the darkly villainous Jonas Chuzzlewit, whose greed leads to murder. Through a cast of unforgettable characters, from the loyal Tom Pinch to the eccentric nurse Mrs. Gamp, Dickens masterfully exposes the moral decay and social corruption of his era, ultimately charting a path toward redemption and self-awareness for his young protagonist.