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Martin Chuzzlewit

Charles Dickens

Start date: July 15, 2013

Finish date: November 2, 2013

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Why we're reading this: This is the group read for July-September. Due to the length of this book, we will be taking two months f…more
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Nov 23, 2009 Laura marked it as to-read

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, buddy-read

To be read and discussed with The Readers Review: Literature from 1800 to 1910, see schedule below:

Week 1. 01/14 - 01/20 - Chapters 1-3
Week 2. 01/21 - 01/27 - Chapters 4-6
Week 3. 01/28 - 02/03 - Chapters 7-9
Week 4. 02/04 - 02/10 - Chapters 10-12
Week 5. 02/11 - 02/17 - Chapters 13-15
Week 6. 02/18 - 02/24 - Chapters 16-18
Week 7. 02/25 - 03/03 - Chapters 19-22
Week 8. 03/04 - 03/10 - Chapters 23-26
Week 9. 03/11 - 03/17 - Chapters 27-30
Week 10. 03/18 - 03/24 - Chapters 31-33
Week 11. 03/25 - 03/31 - ...more

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Jul 11, 2013 Samantha rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, classic-literature, victorian

The fault is my own that I did not enjoy this novel more. Every time I read a Dickens novel I am disappointed in myself. If I were intelligent enough, surely I would be as infatuated with his verbose storytelling as so many others. I do enjoy the language he employs, though I could suffice with quite a bit less of it. The book has a meaningful moral in which both good and bad characters eventually are served what they are due. Glimpses of humor can be found, especially in the chapters that take ...more

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Oct 10, 2010 Somdutta rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: dickens, classics

This is another of Dickens's epic tales.It contains two negative characters, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. The life of Martin Chuzzlewit is the main focus of this story. There are other significant characters like Tom Pinch, Mark Tapley, Martin Chuzzlewit's grand-father,Anthony Chuzzlewit. Of all the characters liked by me was Mark Tapley and Tom Pinch. Tom Pinch is a simple person who despite, everybody else's accusation of Seth Pecksniff of hypocrisy. He gets to realize his mistake as h ...more

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