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Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Wealthy and old, Martin Chuzzlewit, Sr. is surrounded by greedy relatives hoping to obtain a portion of his estate upon his death. This story relates the contrasting destinies of two descendants of the brothers Chuzzlewit.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Books
Pub. Date
2008, c1995
Language
English
Description
Wealthy and old, Martin Chuzzlewit, Sr. is surrounded by greedy relatives hoping to obtain a portion of his estate upon his death. This story relates the contrasting destinies of two descendants of the brothers Chuzzlewit.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1947.
Language
English
Description
The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion, the scheming architect Pecksniff, to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey - an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest and egotism - Dickens created many...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Great Expectations" (1861) tells the story of Pip, whose life becomes forever linked with that of an escaped convict whom he helps to escape one fateful night. Overwhelmed by Pip's kindness the convict, unbeknownst to Pip, vows to make a fortune to finance Pip's rise to the upper classes. When, after several years, the convict returns to Pip to secure his help to escape England, their lives once again intertwine with tragic consequences. The novel...
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