Considered to be the last picaresque novel he wrote, Charles Dickens 's The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was originally published as a serial between 1842 and 1844.
One of his lesser-known literary works, it follows the story of two brothers, Martin and Jonas Chuzzlewit, who are driven to a life of crime and degeneracy thanks to a seemingly inherited selfishness and stubbornness.
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