About the book: 1959 / "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" is a frankly satirical, witty, full of mischievous humor Dickens novel, written under the impression of a trip to USA. Before the reader, as if in reality, the high society of New York of the mid-19th century appears - prudent, mercantile Yankee businessmen with their naive, ridiculous and vulgar attempts to imitate London aristocratic mores. This is the general background against which the story of the Chuzzlewit cousins, full of exciting adventures, unfolds - enterprising, enthusiastic Martin, suffering from the tyranny of a rich grandfather, and cynical, mercilessly cruel Jonas.