Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles DickensMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The saga of Martin (the younger) Chuzzlewit is a complicated tale of human foibles that includes an American frontier adventure that almost doomed its protagonist. Mixed into this tale are large portions of family intrigue, young love, and disguised villainy. The 19th century language was a personal challenge and those used to modern novel constructs may find the read stilted and obtuse. The author attempts (via spelling) to mimic "lower class" verbalizations that I often found irritating, if not unintelligible. Despite these drawbacks, I found myself absorbed into the Dickensian world carefully constructed over the first fifty chapters as the threads were pulled together in the final four.
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