Martin Chuzzlewit
by Charles Dickens
As Dickens turns his satirical view of America into "Martin Chuzlevit," young Martin embarks on a journey that will affect the fate of his family and love. The story of the opposite fates of the two grandsons of the Chuzlevit brothers, both born and raised in the same legacy of selfishness - Martin, fortunately, escapes, but Jonas, fatally, does not do it. This hilarious masterpiece is the last of Dickens's picaresque novels and introduces one of his greatest villains, Seth Pexniff.