Martin Chuzzlewit (Abridged ed)

We add "Martin Chuzzlewit" to our acclaimed Dickens collection.

This novel was Dickens' personal favourite. Greed, suspicion and hypocrisy flourish as family and other hangers-on compete to be shown preference in the inheritance of the ageing Martin Chuzzlewit.

Dickens explores the theme of selfishness, but also its converse - generosity, friendship and loyalty - in this funny and richly-plotted novel.

It features some of the most notorious Dickens villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit, as well as one of his most endearing characters, Tom Pinch.

This captivating reading is by Sean Barrett, who was last heard in Barnaby Rudge.