Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels, which was written and serialized in 1843-1844. Like nearly all of Dickens' novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was released to the public in monthly installments. Sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, compared to other Dickens' previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This allowed the author to portray America satirically as a near wilderness, whose pockets of civilization were filled with deceptive and self-promoting hucksters.

The novel is also notable for one of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff, and was dedicated to his friend, Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts.

Publication

Martin Chuzzlewit was published in 19 monthly installments, each composed of 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Hablot K. "Phiz" Browne and costing one shilling. The last was double-length and -cost.

• I - January 1843 (chapters 1-3)
• II - February 1843 (chapters 4-5)
• III - March 1843 (chapters 6-8)
• IV - April 1843 (chapters 9-10)
• V - May 1843 (chapters 11-12)
• VI - June 1843 (chapters 13-15)
• VII - July 1843 (chapters 16-17)
• VIII - August 1843 (chapters 18-20)
• IX - September 1843 (chapters 21-23)
• X - October 1843 (chapters 24-6)
• XI - November 1843 (chapters 27-9)
• XII - December 1843 (chapters 30-32)
• XIII - January 1844 (chapters 33-5)
• XIV - February 1844 (chapters 36-8)
• XV - March 1844 (chapters 39-41)
• XVI - April 1844 (chapters 42-4)
• XVII - May 1844 (chapters 45-7)
• XVIII - June 1844 (chapters 48-50)
• XIX-XX - July 1844 (chapters 51-4)

External links

• The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit - in easy to read HTML format.