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Martin Chuzzlewit (Version 3)

Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

Dickens portrayal of selfishness, in this case in the Chuzzlewit family. Old Martin has a great fortune, and everyone wants in on it, especially distant cousin Seth Pecksniff. Meanwhile, his grandson, young Martin, has fallen in love with his grandfather's ward Mary and is disinherited, sending young Martin on an adventure in America from which he will return a changed man. Will he win Mary? Also featuring the dastardly villain Jonas Chuzzlewit, young Martin's cousin, and the hilarious nurse/midwife Sarah Gamp, who is usually found in a state of intoxication. - Summary by Brad J Filippone

Genre(s): Literary Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Hamlet	00:05:07
Play 01	CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTORY, CONCERNING THE PEDIGREE OF THE CHUZZLEWIT FAMILY	Hamlet	00:15:09
Play 02	CHAPTER TWO - WHEREIN CERTAIN PERSONS ARE PRESENTED TO THE READER, WITH WHOM HE MAY, IF HE PLEASE, BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED	Hamlet	00:43:30
Play 03	CHAPTER THREE - IN WHICH CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS ARE INTRODUCED; ON THE SAME TERMS AS IN THE LAST CHAPTER	Hamlet	00:45:32
Play 04	CHAPTER FOUR - 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	Hamlet	00:47:08
Play 05	CHAPTER FIVE - 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	Hamlet	00:53:07
Play 06	CHAPTER SIX - 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	Hamlet	00:36:45
Play 07	CHAPTER SEVEN - IN WHICH MR CHEVY SLYME ASSERTS THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS SPIRIT, AND THE BLUE DRAGON LOSES A LIMB	Hamlet	00:38:14
Play 08	CHAPTER EIGHT - ACCOMPANIES MR PECKSNIFF AND HIS CHARMING DAUGHTERS TO THE CITY OF LONDON; AND RELATES WHAT FELL OUT UPON THEIR WAY THITHER	Hamlet	00:25:44
Play 09	CHAPTER NINE - TOWN AND TODGER’S	Hamlet	01:05:36
Play 10	CHAPTER TEN - CONTAINING STRANGE MATTER, ON WHICH MANY EVENTS IN THIS HISTORY MAY, FOR THEIR GOOD OR EVIL INFLUENCE, CHIEFLY DEPEND	Hamlet	00:37:04
Play 11	CHAPTER ELEVEN - WHEREIN A CERTAIN GENTLEMAN BECOMES PARTICULAR IN HIS ATTENTIONS TO A CERTAIN LADY; AND MORE COMING EVENTS THAN ONE, CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE	Hamlet	00:48:23
Play 12	CHAPTER TWELVE - 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	Hamlet	00:50:14
Play 13	CHAPTER THIRTEEN 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	Hamlet	00:49:56
Play 14	CHAPTER FOURTEEN - 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	Hamlet	00:25:57
Play 15	CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE BURDEN WHEREOF, IS HAIL COLUMBIA!	Hamlet	00:23:42
Play 16	CHAPTER SIXTEEN - 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	Hamlet	00:52:23
Play 17	CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - 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	Hamlet	00:46:28
Play 18	CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - DOES BUSINESS WITH THE HOUSE OF ANTHONY CHUZZLEWIT AND SON, FROM WHICH ONE OF THE PARTNERS RETIRES UNEXPECTEDLY	Hamlet	00:29:06
Play 19	CHAPTER NINETEEN - THE READER IS BROUGHT INTO COMMUNICATION WITH SOME PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, AND SHEDS A TEAR OVER THE FILIAL PIETY OF GOOD MR JONAS	Hamlet	00:42:00
Play 20	CHAPTER TWENTY - IS A CHAPTER OF LOVE	Hamlet	00:33:48
Play 21	CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - 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	Hamlet	00:52:08
Play 22	CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - FROM WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT MARTIN BECAME A LION OF HIS OWN ACCOUNT. TOGETHER WITH THE REASON WHY	Hamlet	00:24:48
Play 23	CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - MARTIN AND HIS PARTNER TAKE POSSESSION OF THEIR ESTATE. THE JOYFUL OCCASION INVOLVES SOME FURTHER ACCOUNT OF EDEN	Hamlet	00:24:55
Play 24	CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - REPORTS PROGRESS IN CERTAIN HOMELY MATTERS OF LOVE, HATRED, JEALOUSY, AND REVENGE	Hamlet	00:42:25
Play 25	CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - IS IN PART PROFESSIONAL, AND FURNISHES THE READER WITH SOME VALUABLE HINTS IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF A SICK CHAMBER	Hamlet	00:43:18
Play 26	CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, AND A PROMISING PROSPECT	Hamlet	00:22:00
Play 27	CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - 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	Hamlet	00:51:46
Play 28	CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - MR. MONTAGUE AT HOME. AND MR. JONAS CHUZZLEWIT AT HOME	Hamlet	00:25:41
Play 29	CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - IN WHICH SOME PEOPLE ARE PRECOCIOUS, OTHERS PROFESSIONAL, AND OTHERS MYSTERIOUS; ALL IN THEIR SEVERAL WAYS	Hamlet	00:25:31
Play 30	CHAPTER THIRTY - PROVES THAT CHANGES MAY BE RUNG IN THE BEST-REGULATED FAMILIES, AND THAT MR PECKNIFF WAS A SPECIAL HAND AT A TRIPLE-BOB-MAJOR	Hamlet	00:38:26
Play 31	CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE - MR PINCH IS DISCHARGED OF A DUTY WHICH HE NEVER OWED TO ANYBODY, AND MR PECKSNIFF DISCHARGES A DUTY WHICH HE OWES TO SOCIETY	Hamlet	00:48:14
Play 32	CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO - TREATS OF TODGER’S AGAIN; AND OF ANOTHER BLIGHTED PLANT BESIDES THE PLANTS UPON THE LEADS	Hamlet	00:16:02
Play 33	CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE - FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN EDEN, AND A PROCEEDING OUT OF IT. MARTIN MAKES A DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANCE	Hamlet	00:42:45
Play 34	CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR - IN WHICH THE TRAVELLERS MOVE HOMEWARD, AND ENCOUNTER SOME DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS UPON THE WAY	Hamlet	00:39:40
Play 35	CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE - ARRIVING IN ENGLAND, MARTIN WITNESSES A CEREMONY, FROM WHICH HE DERIVES THE CHEERING INFORMATION THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN IN HIS ABSENCE	Hamlet	00:18:29
Play 36	CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX - TOM PINCH DEPARTS TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. WHAT HE FINDS AT STARTING	Hamlet	00:54:50
Play 37	CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN - TOM PINCH, GOING ASTRAY, FINDS THAT HE IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON IN THAT PREDICAMENT. HE RETALIATES UPON A FALLEN FOE	Hamlet	00:25:06
Play 38	CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT - SECRET SERVICE	Hamlet	00:24:02
Play 39	CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE - CONTAINING SOME FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DOMESTIC ECONOMY OF THE PINCHES; WITH STRANGE NEWS FROM THE CITY, NARROWLY CONCERNING TOM	Hamlet	00:44:36
Play 40	CHAPTER FORTY - THE PINCHES MAKE A NEW ACQUAINTANCE, AND HAVE FRESH OCCASION FOR SURPRISE AND WONDER	Hamlet	00:37:20
Play 41	CHAPTER FORTY-ONE - MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND, ARRIVING AT A PLEASANT UNDERSTANDING, SET FORTH UPON AN ENTERPRISE	Hamlet	00:22:08
Play 42	CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND	Hamlet	00:24:18
Play 43	CHAPTER FORTY-THREE - HAS AN INFLUENCE ON THE FORTUNES OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. MR PECKSNIFF IS EXHIBITED IN THE PLENITUDE OF POWER; AND WIELDS THE SAME WITH FORTITUDE AND MAGNANIMITY	Hamlet	00:54:21
Play 44	CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR - FURTHER CONTINUATION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND	Hamlet	00:22:54
Play 45	CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE - IN WHICH TOM PINCH AND HIS SISTER TAKE A LITTLE PLEASURE; BUT QUITE IN A DOMESTIC WAY, AND WITH NO CEREMONY ABOUT IT	Hamlet	00:23:58
Play 46	CHAPTER FORTY-SIX - IN WHICH MISS PECKSNIFF MAKES LOVE, MR JONAS MAKES WRATH, MRS GAMP MAKES TEA, AND MR CHUFFEY MAKES BUSINESS	Hamlet	00:57:03
Play 47	CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN - CONCLUSION OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND	Hamlet	00:23:43
Play 48	CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT - BEARS TIDINGS OF MARTIN AND OF MARK, AS WELL AS OF A THIRD PERSON NOT QUITE UNKNOWN TO THE READER. EXHIBITS FILIAL PIETY IN AN UGLY ASPECT; AND CASTS A DOUBTFUL RAY OF LIGHT UPON A VERY DARK PLACE	Hamlet	00:42:42
Play 49	CHAPTER FORTY-NINE - IN WHICH MRS HARRIS ASSISTED BY A TEAPOT, IS THE CAUSE OF A DIVISION BETWEEN FRIENDS	Hamlet	00:37:27
Play 50	CHAPTER FIFTY - SURPRISES TOM PINCH VERY MUCH, AND SHOWS HOW CERTAIN CONFIDENCES PASSED BETWEEN HIM AND HIS SISTER	Hamlet	00:28:18
Play 51	CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE - SHEDS NEW AND BRIGHTER LIGHT UPON THE VERY DARK PLACE; AND CONTAINS THE SEQUEL OF THE ENTERPRISE OF MR JONAS AND HIS FRIEND	Hamlet	00:56:18
Play 52	CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO - IN WHICH THE TABLES ARE TURNED, COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN	Hamlet	00:50:18
Play 53	CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE WHAT JOHN WESTLOCK - SAID TO TOM PINCH’S SISTER; WHAT TOM PINCH’S SISTER SAID TO JOHN WESTLOCK; WHAT TOM PINCH SAID TO BOTH OF THEM; AND HOW THEY ALL PASSED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY	Hamlet	00:24:28
Play 54	CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR - GIVES THE AUTHOR GREAT CONCERN. FOR IT IS THE LAST IN THE BOOK	Hamlet	00:30:21

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