1844 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering. Needing work on the binding and foxed as usual but still the first edition and bound from the parts. First Edition. Mixed Issue Points. Whilst the title page is dated 1844, and the "100£" on the vignette title page is present, however there is no errata page, as common in first issue of book form. Bound from the Parts. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 –1870, was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is considered the last of Dickens’ picaresque novels. It was originally serialized between 1843 – 1844. Dickens himself proclaimed Martin Chuzzlewit to be his best work. Like nearly all of Dickens' novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was released to the public in monthly installments. The main theme of the novel, according to a Preface by Dickens, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit.