ELECBOOK CLASSICS

MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT

Charles Dickens

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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT

Charles Dickens

Contents

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Chapter 1. Introductory, Concerning The Pedigree Of

The Chuzzlewit Family 11

Chapter 2. Wherein Certain Persons Are Presented To The Reader, With Whom He May, If He Please,

Become Better Acquainted 20

Chapter 3. In Which Certain Other Persons Are Introduced; On The Same Terms As In The Last

Chapter 45

Chapter 4. From Which It Will Appear That If Union Be Strength, And Family Affection Be Pleasant To Contemplate, The Chuzzlewits Were The Strongest

And Most Agreeable Family In The World 70

Chapter 5. Containing A Full Account Of The Installation Of Mr Pecksniff’s New Pupil Into The Bosom Of Mr Pecksniff’s Family. With All The Festivities Held On That Occasion, And The Great

Enjoyment Of Mr Pinch 98

Chapter 6. Comprises, Among Other Important Matters, Pecksniffian And Architectural, An Exact Relation Of The Progress Made By Mr Pinch In The

Confidence And Friendship Of The New Pupil 129

Chapter 7. In Which Mr Chevy Slyme Asserts The Independence Of His Spirit; And The Blue Dragon

Loses A Limb 150

Chapter 8. Accompanies Mr Pecksniff And His Charming Daughters To The City Of London; And

Relates What Fell Out Upon Their Way Thither 173

Chapter 9. Town And Todgers’s 189

Chapter 10. Containing Strange Matter; On Which Many Events In This History May, For Their Good Or

Evil Influence, Chiefly Depend 226

Chapter 11. Wherein A Certain Gentleman Becomes Particular In His Attentions To A Certain Lady; And More Coming Events Than One, Cast Their Shadows

Before 248

Chapter 12. Will Be Seen In The Long Run, If Not In The Short One, To Concern Mr Pinch And Others, Nearly. Mr Pecksniff Asserts The Dignity Of Outraged Virtue. Young Martin Chuzzlewit Forms A Desperate

Resolution 277

Chapter 13. Showing What Became Of Martin And His Desperate Resolve After He Left Mr Pecksniff’s House; What Persons He Encountered; What Anxieties He

Suffered; And What News He Heard 306

Chapter 14. In Which Martin Bids Adieu To The Lady Of His Love; And Honours An Obscure Individual Whose Fortune He Intends To Make, By Commending

Her To His Protection 336

Chapter 15. The Burden Whereof Is, Hail, Columbia! 352

Chapter 16. Martin Disembarks From That Noble And Fast-Sailing Line-Of-Packet Ship, The Screw, At The

Port Of New York, In The United States Of America. He Makes Some Acquaintances, And Dines At A Boarding-House. The Particulars Of Those

Transactions 365

Chapter 17. Martin Enlarges His Circle Of Acquaintance; Increases His Stock Of Wisdom; And Has An Excellent Opportunity Of Comparing His Own Experiences With Those Of Lummy Ned Of The Light Salisbury, As Related By His Friend Mr William

Simmons 396

Chapter 18. Does Business With The House Of Anthony Chuzzlewit And Son, From Which One Of The

Partners Retires Unexpectedly 423

Chapter 19. The Reader Is Brought Into Communication With Some Professional Persons, And

Sheds A Tear Over The Filial Piety Of Good Mr Jonas 439

Chapter 20. Is A Chapter Of Love 461

Chapter 21. More American Experiences. Martin Takes A Partner, And Makes A Purchase. Some Account Of Eden, As It Appeared On Paper. Also Of The British Lion. Also Of The Kind Of Sympathy Professed And Entertained By The Watertoast

Association Of United Sympathisers 481

Chapter 22. From Which It Will Be Seen That Martin Became A Lion On His Own Account. Together With

The Reason Why 511

Chapter 23. Martin And His Partner Take Possession

Of Their Estate. The Joyful Occasion Involves Some

Further Account Of Eden 526

Chapter 24. Reports Progress In Certain Homely

Matters Of Love, Hatred, Jealousy, And Revenge 540

Chapter 25. Is In Part Professional; And Furnishes The Reader With Some Valuable Hints In Relation To

The Management Of A Sick Chamber 564

Chapter 26. An Unexpected Meeting, And A Promising Prospect 587

Chapter 27. Showing That Old Friends May Not Only Appear With New Faces, But In False Colours. That People Are Prone To Bite; And That Biters May

Sometimes Be Bitten 599

Chapter 28. Mr Montague At Home. And Mr Jonas

Chuzzlewit At Home 630

Chapter 29. In Which Some People Are Precocious, Others Professional, And Others Mysterious: All In

Their Several Ways 645

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 659

Chapter 31. Mr Pinch Is Discharged Of A Duty Which He Never Owed To Anybody; And Mr Pecksniff

Discharges A Duty Which He Owes To Society 682

Chapter 32. Treats Of Todgers’s Again; And Of Another Blighted Plant Besides The Plants Upon The

Leads. 708

Chapter 33. Further Proceedings In Eden, And A Proceeding Out Of It. Martin Makes A Discovery Of

Some Importance. 718

Chapter 34. In Which The Travellers Move Homeward, And Encounter Some Distinguished

Characters Upon The Way 742

Chapter 35. Arriving In England, Martin Witnesses A Ceremony, From Which He Derives The Cheering Information That He Has Not Been Forgotten In His

Absence 765

Chapter 36. Tom Pinch Departs To Seek His Fortune.

What He Finds At Starting 776

Chapter 37. Tom Pinch, Going Astray, Finds That He Is Not The Only Person In That Predicament. He

Retaliates Upon A Fallen Foe 806

Chapter 38. Secret Service. 821

Chapter 39. Containing Some Further Particulars Of The Domestic Economy Of The Pinches; With Strange

News From The City, Narrowly Concerning Tom 835

Chapter 40. The Pinches Make A New Acquaintance,

And Have Fresh Occasion For Surprise And Wonder 861

Chapter 41. Mr Jonas And His Friend, Arriving At A Pleasant Understanding, Set Forth Upon An

Enterprise 882

Chapter 42. Continuation Of The Enterprise Of Mr

Jonas And His Friend 896

Chapter 43. Has An Influence On The Fortunes Of Several People. Mr Pecksniff Is Exhibited In The Plenitude Of Power, And Wields The Same With

Fortitude And Magnanimity 911

Chapter 44. Further Continuation Of The Enterprise

Of Mr Jonas And His Friend 941

Chapter 45. In Which Tom Pinch And His Sister Take A Little Pleasure: But Quite In A Domestic Way, And

With No Ceremony About It 954

Chapter 46. In Which Miss Pecksniff Makes Love, Mr Jonas Makes Wrath, Mrs Gamp Makes Tea, And Mr

Chuffey Makes Business 968

Chapter 47. Conclusion Of The Enterprise Of Mr

Jonas And His Friend 999

Chapter 48. Bears Tidings Of Martin, And Of Mark, As Well As Of A Third Person Not Quite Unknown To The Reader. Exhibits Filial Piety In An Ugly Aspect; And Casts A Doubtful Ray Of Light Upon A Very Dark

Place. 1013

Chapter 49. In Which Mrs Harris, Assisted By A

Teapot, Is The Cause Of A Division Between Friends 1037

Chapter 50. Surprises Tom Pinch Very Much, And Shows How Certain Confidences Passed Between Him

And His Sister 1057

Chapter 51. Sheds New And Brighter Light Upon The Very Dark Place; And Contains The Sequel Of The

Enterprise Of Mr Jonas And His Friend 1072

Chapter 52. In Which The Tables Are Turned

Completely Upside Down 1103

Chapter 53. What John Westlock Said To Tom Pinch’s Sister; What Tom Pinch’s Sister Said To John Westlock; What Tom Pinch Said To Both Of Them;

And How They All Passed The Remainder Of The Day 1130

Chapter 54. Gives The Author Great Concern. For It Is

The Last In The Book 1144