# Martin Chuzzlewit — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the tale to Miss Burdett Coutts with true and earnest regard.
- [Martin Chuzzlewit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/martin-chuzzlewit.md): The chapter introduces the Chuzzlewit family and their various members, focusing on the manipulative Seth Pecksniff and the arrival of young Martin Chuzzlewit as his pupil, setting the stage for themes of hypocrisy, gree
- [Introductory, concerning the pedigree of the Chuzzlewit family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter humorously traces the ancient lineage of the Chuzzlewit family, claiming descent from Adam and Eve and linking them to historical events like the Norman Conquest and the Gunpowder Plot. It satirizes family pr
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/ii.md): Mr. Pecksniff, with his daughters Charity and Mercy, receives Tom Pinch and John Westlock. Westlock, leaving Pecksniff's tutelage, attempts a friendly parting, but Pecksniff refuses to shake hands, offering a sanctimonio
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/iii.md): Old Martin Chuzzlewit, recovering from illness at the Blue Dragon, confronts Seth Pecksniff, who has come to offer his services. Martin expresses his deep distrust of relatives and his bitter view of money as a source of

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Containing Strange Matter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [Chapter XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [An Unexpected Meeting, and a Promising Prospect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [Showing that old friends may not only appear with new faces, but in false colours. That people are prone to bite, and that biters may sometimes be bitten.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [Mr. Montague at home. And Mr. Jonas Chuzzlewit at home.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [Chapter XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Mr. Pecksniff's Design](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxiii.md)
- [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxiv.md)
- [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxv.md)
- [Tom Pinch departs to seek his fortune. What he finds at starting.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxvi.md)
- [Tom Pinch, going astray, finds that he is not the only person in that predicament. He retaliates upon a fallen foe.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxvii.md)
- [Secret Service](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxviii.md)
- [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxix.md)
- [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xl.md)
- [Mr. Jonas and his friend, arriving at a pleasant understanding, set forth upon an enterprise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xli.md)
- [Chapter XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlii.md)
- [Chapter XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xliii.md)
- [Chapter XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xliv.md)
- [XLV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlv.md)
- [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlvi.md)
- [Chapter XLVII: Conclusion of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas and His Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlvii.md)
- [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlviii.md)
- [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlix.md)
- [L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/l.md)
- [Chapter LI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/li.md)
- [In which the tables are turned, completely upside down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/lii.md)
- [What John Westlock said to Tom Pinch's sister; what Tom Pinch's sister said to John Westlock; what Tom Pinch said to both of them; and how they all passed the remainder of the day.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/liii.md)
- [LIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/liv.md)
- [Postscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/postscript.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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