Martin Chuzzlewit (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Martin Chuzzlewit, serialized in 1843-44, was one of Dickens' personal favorites.  Featuring a colorful cast of characters, including the hypocritical Mr. Pecksniff, the disreputable Mrs. Gamp, and the evil Jonas Chuzzlewit, the novel exposes selfishness, hypocrisy, and fraud in polite society in England and America.