The Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens, 1844, First Edition

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The Life & Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Charles Dickens, 1844, First Edition:
$1248.43

The Life& Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit byCharles Dickens.With Illustrations by Phiz.London: Chapman & Hall, 1844.
Hardcover. First edition (issue with \"£100\" on the signpost in the engraved frontispiece and 14 line errata). Octavo (215 x 140mm). [xiv], (2), 624pp. Finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in recent full red morocco, withfive raised bands, compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Gilt cartouche depicting Dickens in an oval frame to the upper cover and his signature embossed in gilt to the lower cover. Gilt ruled border on boards. Board edges with gilt ruled lines. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All page edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with thirty-eight plates by Phiz, plus a frontispiece and an extra engraved title-page.In fine condition. Binding secure. Covers and contents extremely clean. Neat private owner bookplate to front pastedown.
Note: A beautifully bound edition of this Dickens classic; \'Martin Chuzzlewit\' is considered the last of his picaresque novels, and was written and serialized in 1843-1844; initial sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, compared to the authors\' previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This allowed him to portray America, which he had recently visited, as a near wilderness, whose pockets of civilization were filled with deceptive and self-promoting hucksters. The main theme of the novel is selfishness, which is portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for one of Dickens\' great villains, Seth Pecksniff, whose rise and fall follows the arc of the novel\'s plot.

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