LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
By
Charles Dickens
CONTENTS:
PREFACE. 7
POSTSCRIPT. 9
CHAPTER
ONE. 11
INTRODUCTORY,
CONCERNING THE PEDIGREE OF THE CHUZZLEWIT FAMILY 11
CHAPTER
TWO.. 16
WHEREIN
CERTAIN PERSONS ARE PRESENTED TO THE READER, WITH WHOM HE MAY, IF HE PLEASE,
BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED.. 16
CHAPTER
THREE. 31
IN
WHICH CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS ARE INTRODUCED; ON THE SAME TERMS AS IN THE LAST
CHAPTER.. 31
CHAPTER
FOUR.. 46
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.. 46
CHAPTER
FIVE. 63
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.. 63
CHAPTER
SIX.. 81
COMPRISES,
AMONG OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERS, PECKSNIFFIAN AND ARCHITECTURAL, AND EXACT
RELATION OF THE PROGRESS MADE BY MR PINCH IN THE CONFIDENCE AND FRIENDSHIP OF
THE NEW PUPIL. 81
CHAPTER
SEVEN.. 95
IN
WHICH MR CHEVY SLYME ASSERTS THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS SPIRIT, AND THE BLUE
DRAGON LOSES A LIMB.. 95
CHAPTER
EIGHT. 109
ACCOMPANIES
MR PECKSNIFF AND HIS CHARMING DAUGHTERS TO THE CITY OF LONDON; AND RELATES WHAT
FELL OUT UPON THEIR WAY THITHER.. 109
CHAPTER
NINE. 119
TOWN
AND TODGER'S. 119
CHAPTER
TEN.. 141
CONTAINING
STRANGE MATTER, ON WHICH MANY EVENTS IN THIS HISTORY MAY, FOR THEIR GOOD OR
EVIL INFLUENCE, CHIEFLY DEPEND.. 141
CHAPTER
ELEVEN.. 155
WHEREIN
A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN BECOMES PARTICULAR IN HIS ATTENTIONS TO A CERTAIN LADY; AND
MORE COMING EVENTS THAN ONE, CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE 155
CHAPTER
TWELVE. 173
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.. 173
CHAPTER
THIRTEEN.. 192
SHOWING
WHAT BECAME OF MARTIN AND HIS DESPARATE RESOLVE, AFTER HE LEFT MR PECKSNIFF'S
HOUSE; WHAT PERSONS HE ENCOUNTERED; WHAT ANXIETIES HE SUFFERED; AND WHAT NEWS
HE HEARD.. 192
CHAPTER
FOURTEEN.. 211
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.. 211
CHAPTER
FIFTEEN.. 221
THE
BURDEN WHEREOF, IS HAIL COLUMBIA! 221
CHAPTER
SIXTEEN.. 229
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. 229
CHAPTER
SEVENTEEN.. 249
MARTIN
ENLARGES HIS CIRCLE OF AQUAINTANCE; 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 249
CHAPTER
EIGHTEEN.. 266
DOES
BUSINESS WITH THE HOUSE OF ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT AND SON, FROM WHICH ONE OF THE
PARTNERS RETIRES UNEXPECTEDLY.. 266
CHAPTER
NINETEEN.. 277
THE
READER IS BROUGHT INTO COMMUNICATION WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, AND SHEDS
A TEAR OVER THE FILAIL PIETY OF GOOD MR JONAS. 277
CHAPTER
TWENTY.. 290
IS A
CHAPTER OF LOVE. 290
CHAPTER
TWENTY-ONE. 303
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. 303
CHAPTER
TWENTY-TWO.. 322
FROM
WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT MARTIN BECAME A LION OF HIS OWN ACCOUNT. TOGETHER
WITH THE REASON WHY.. 322
CHAPTER
TWENTY-THREE. 332
MARTIN
AND HIS PARTNER TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR ESTATE. THE JOYFUL OCCASION INVOLVES
SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF EDEN.. 332
CHAPTER
TWENTY-FOUR.. 341
REPORTS
PROGRESS IN CERTAIN HOMELY MATTERS OF LOVE, HATRED, JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE. 341
CHAPTER
TWENTY-FIVE. 356
IS
IN PART PROFESSIONAL, AND FURNISHES THE READER WITH SOME VALUABLE HINTS IN
RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF A SICK CHAMBER.. 356
CHAPTER
TWENTY-SIX.. 371
AN
UNEXPECTED MEETING, AND A PROMISING PROSPECT. 371
CHAPTER
TWENTY-SEVEN.. 379
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. 379
CHAPTER
TWENTY-EIGHT. 398
MR
MONTAGUE AT HOME. AND MR JONAS CHUZZLEWIT AT HOME. 398
CHAPTER
TWENTY-NINE. 408
IN
WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE PRECOCIOUS, OTHERS PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHERS MYSTERIOUS;
ALL IN THEIR SEVERAL WAYS. 408
CHAPTER
THIRTY.. 417
PROVES
THAT CHANGES MAY BE RUNG IN THE BEST-REGULATED FAMILIES, AND THAT MR PECKNIFF
WAS A SPECIAL HAND AT A TRIPLE-BOB-MAJOR.. 417
CHAPTER
THIRTY-ONE. 432
MR
PINCH IS DISCHARGED OF A DUTY WHICH HE NEVER OWED TO ANYBODY, AND MR PECKSNIFF
DISCHARGES A DUTY WHICH HE OWES TO SOCIETY.. 432
CHAPTER
THIRTY-TWO.. 448
TREATS
OF TODGER'S AGAIN; AND OF ANOTHER BLIGHTED PLANT BESIDES THE PLANTS UPON THE
LEADS. 448
CHAPTER
THIRTY-THREE. 454
FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS IN EDEN, AND A PROCEEDING OUT OF IT. MARTIN MAKES A DISCOVERY OF
SOME IMPORTANCE. 454
CHAPTER
THIRTY-FOUR.. 470
IN
WHICH THE TRAVELLERS MOVE HOMEWARD, AND ENCOUNTER SOME DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS
UPON THE WAY.. 470
CHAPTER
THIRTY-FIVE. 486
ARRIVING
IN ENGLAND, MARTIN WITNESSES A CEREMONY, FROM WHICH HE DERIVES THE CHEERING
INFORMATION THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN HIS ABSENCE 486
CHAPTER
THIRTY-SIX.. 493
TOM
PINCH DEPARTS TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. WHAT HE FINDS AT STARTING 493
CHAPTER
THIRTY-SEVEN.. 512
TOM
PINCH, GOING ASTRAY, FINDS THAT HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THAT PREDICAMENT.
HE RETALIATES UPON A FALLEN FOE. 512
CHAPTER
THIRTY-EIGHT. 522