Status Updates From Martin Chuzzlewit

I do like the double-talk about liquor: “‘It ain’t tea,’ said Mrs.Gamp. It can’t be easy for someone to make themselves ridiculous so they simultaneously feel good about themself, but perhaps it’s easier than feeling miserable so one can appear “good” (1401).

Diversity of knowledge, Chuffey’s in particular exceeding others’ assumptions (1395).

A “tell-tale face” 1348).

Dickens publishes the book Martin Chuzzlewit as a book in 1844. Poe publishes “Tell-Tale Heart” in 1843. Who first came up with a heart that beat “Murder, Murder, Murder” (1346)?

Dickens contrasts the dark wood (1339), the scene of Jonas murdering Montague, to the “infernal room” that holds Jonas’ terror of being discovered (1343). Significant, Jonas missed the “rare” sunset because he was lying in wait for Montague in the woods (1341).