The life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit /
Charles Dickens ; edited with an introduction and notes by Patricia Ingham.
- London : Penguin, 1999.
- xxxiv, 828 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Penguin classics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxx).
This is the story of an inheritance, relating the destinies of two descendants of the brothers Chuzzlewit. Martin is a selfish young man, who lost his fortune in America. Jonas is a villain, committing murder, and eventually poisons himself.