If you made a list of the Best of Charles Dickens, you would almost certainly not include Martin Chuzzlewit. You would not be unusual. A sign of where this book ranks in the popular imagination: Doctor Who once met Charles Dickens and while expressing his general admiration, he did wonder what in the world Dickens was thinking when he wrote this novel. Is it really that awful? A complicated question, that. The subtitle of Martin Chuzzlewit could be A Tale of Two Novels. Well, really two … [Read more...] about A Jolly Time with Martin Chuzzlewit
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