Charles Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit in 2 volumes. Leather-bound gift books. "The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" in 2 volumes is a work that was created after visiting America, and the plot is based on a critical depiction of American reality. The events unfold around the struggle for the inheritance of the rich Martin Chuzzlewit Sr. The author's deep mastery is manifested in the behavior of a crowd of greedy relatives and enterprising adventurers, revealing a demoralizing psychology that leads to crimes, disgusting hypocrisy and outright selfishness. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is not just a book, it is a journey into a world where different characters and different views on life collide. This is an opportunity to see how different people can react to the same events, and how this affects their behavior and attitude to life.