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Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

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Martin Chuzzlewit
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Publisher: Project Gutenberg
ISBN/ASIN: 1853268356

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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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