简介 Young Martin Chuzzlewit was raised by his grandfather, also named Martin Chuzzlewit. The senior Martin, a very wealthy man, has been long convinced that everyone around him is after his money, and so he took the precaution, years before the book begins, of raising an orphaned girl, Mary, to be his nursemaid, with the understanding that she would be very well taken care of as long as he lived, and be thrown out onto the streets, penniless, after he dies. She would therefore have great motivation to care for his well-being and safeguard him from harm, in contrast to his relatives, who want him t...