{"product_id":"2026200013310-secondhand-martin-chuzzlewit","title":"Martin Chuzzlewit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of Victorian England's sharpest social satire stands old Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy patriarch surrounded by scheming relatives whose greed and hypocrisy Dickens chronicles with savage wit and gleeful precision. Set across the drawing rooms of England and the fever-ridden swamps of America, Martin Chuzzlewit follows young Martin's turbulent journey of self-discovery as he confronts the corrosive power of selfishness — in others and, ultimately, within himself — while unforgettable grotesques like the oily Pecksniff and the murderous Jonas Chuzzlewit orbit around him in a darkly comic dance of avarice.\n\nPublished in 1843–44, this novel marks a watershed moment in Dickens's craft, illustrating his mastery of both biting caricature and genuine pathos with unmatched virtuosity. The American sequences — a pointed lampoon of New World pretension and corruption — scandalized transatlantic readers and cemented the novel's reputation as one of literature's great satirical achievements. This Everyman's Library edition, introduced by the incomparable G. K. Chesterton, pairs one of Dickens's own personal favourites among his works with a critical introduction that will make even seasoned readers reassess everything they thought they knew about the man and his masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203322421467,"sku":"2026200013310-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4bc06100-0b9c-4a22-827a-04149bdff783.png?v=1788147827","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013310-secondhand-martin-chuzzlewit","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}