Martin Chuzzlewit

by Charles Dickens, Paul Scofield (Narrated by)

Overview

This Charles Dickens classic is the powerful satiric novel of selfish hypocrisy and financial speculation as it bloomed in insular England and in the spacious but narrow minds of the U.S. It is a novel that has retains its relevance to today's issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2000003454020
Publisher:	Phoenix Books, Inc.
Publication date:	04/17/2007
Edition description:	Abridged

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was born in Landport, Portsea, England, the second of eight children in a family continually plagued by debt. A legacy brought release from the nightmare of debtors’ prison and child labor and afforded him two years of formal schooling. He worked as an attorney’s clerk and newspaper reporter until his early writings brought him the amazing success that was to be his for the remainder of his life.

Frederick Davidson (1932–2005) was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performed in BBC radio plays before coming to America in 1976. He went on to record more than eight hundred audiobooks, garnering AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award, numerous Earphones Awards, and a GRAMMY® nomination for his readings.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington

Table of Contents

EXTRA ILLUSTRATIONS		vi	(1)
INTRODUCTION		vii	(10)
NOTE ON THE TEXT		xvii	(2)
A CHRONOLOGY OF CHARLES DICKENS		xix	(4)
PREFACE		xxiii	(2)
CONTENTS		xxv	(4)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS		xxix
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT		1	(716)
APPENDIX A: PREFACE TO THE CHEAP EDITION (1850)		717	(6)
PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION (1867)		719	(2)
POSTSCRIPT ADDED IN 1868		721	(2)
APPENDIX B: PRELIMINARIES AND NUMBER PLANS		723	(4)
EXPLANATORY NOTES		727	(10)
FURTHER READING		737

Editorial Reviews

Martin Chuzzlewit is a dramatic serial on Masterpiece Theatre, a PBS television series presented by WGBH-TV, Boston, made possible by a grant from Mobil Corporation.

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