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Martin Chuzzlewit
Author: Charles Dickens
Referenced in 3 episodes
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August 10, 2025
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Referenced when describing the chaotic scene at Lincoln's inauguration, comparing it to something Dickens would have enjoyed writing about, specifically 'like a scene from Martin Chuzzlewit.'
November 25, 2022
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Mentioned as a novel Dickens was writing: 'he's writing a novel called Martin Chuzzlewit' in which he sends his hero to America, with chapters that caused offense to Americans.
December 20, 2021
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Mentioned as Dickens' most recent book before A Christmas Carol, described as 'a bit of a failure' which motivated him to write something successful