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2 unusual facts about Martin Chuzzlewit


Abel Magwitch

(The other is the 'Anwerks package' scene in Martin Chuzzlewit when Jonas Chuzzlewit, the murderer, is turned back as he boards ship for the Low Countries).

Victoria Park, Barnet

Much of the park was originally part of Colby's Farm, where Charles Dickens wrote part of Martin Chuzzlewit.


Frank Stone

He was the father of the painter Marcus Stone who illustrated many works by Charles Dickens (the Stones were Dickens' neighbours for many years) and himself produced a frontispiece for an edition of Martin Chuzzlewit.

Ilona Rodgers

Rodgers breakthrough roles in British television included an adaptation of Martin Chuzzlewit and Carol in The Sensorites, a six-episode adventure from BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.

The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts

This change in attitude would put The North and the South on a similar line to the works of Charles Dickens in England, particularly his 1838 work Nicholas Nickleby (which featured a similar storyline), and the 1844 novel Martin Chuzzlewit, which also featured criticisms of class society in the United States.


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