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 |