LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT |
Published 1843–1844 | Scene: | London, Neighboring Towns, New York and the Mississippi Valley | | Time: | 1842 | CHARACTERS | Martin Chuzzlewit | A young gentleman | | Chuzzlewit | His grandfather. A rich old man | | Mary Graham | Old Chuzzlewit's nurse and secretary | | Jonas | His grasping nephew | | Chuffey | An aged clerk to Jonas's father | | Pecksniff | An architect and hypocrite | | A distant relative of Old Chuzzlewit's | | Charity | His daughter | | Mercy | His daughter. Later, Jonas's wife | | Tom Pinch | A charity pupil of Pecksniff's | | Ruth | His sister | | John Westlock | One of Pecksniff's former pupils | | Mark Tapley | An assistant at a village inn | | Later, Martin's comrade in the United States | | Bevan | An American | | Mrs. Todgers | The proprietress of a London boarding-house | | Montague Tigg | A penniless adventurer | Later known as "Tigg Montague," and president of the
Anglo-Bengalee Company | | "Sairey" Gamp | A nurse | | "Mrs. Harris" | An imaginary friend of Sairey Gamp's | | Nadgett | A police spy |
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