Martin Chuzzlewit
by Charles Dickens
Publisher: Project Gutenberg 2006
ISBN/ASIN: 1853268356
Description:
Martin Chuzzlewit is an apprentice architect who is fired by Seth Pecksniff and is also disinherited by his own eccentric, wealthy grandfather. Martin and a servant, Mark Tapley, travel to the United States, where they are swindled by land speculators and have other unpleasant but sometimes comic experiences.
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