Martin Chuzzlewit sweet and good, like her brother. At first she works as a governess to a wealthy family with several nasty brats. Later in the novel she and Tom set up housekeeping together. She falls in love with, and marries, Tom's friend John Westlock. Mark Tapley, the good-humoured employee of the Blue Dragon Inn and suitor of Mrs Lupin (the Dragon's owner), leaves that establishment to find work that's more of a credit to his character: that is, work sufficiently miserable that his cheerfulness will be more of a credit to him. He eventually joins Young Martin Chuzzlewit on his trip
Martin Chuzzlewit gives him the choice of reading and writing a book report on "Martin Chuzzlewit", or simply writing an article for the school paper. In "The Simpsons" episode "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?", Lisa Simpson lists it as one of the books that she would receive from the Greater Books of the Western Civilization. In the "Doctor Who" episode "The Unquiet Dead", The Doctor expresses his admiration for Dickens' works but criticises "Martin Chuzzlewit", saying, "Mind you, for God's sake, the American bit in "Martin Chuzzlewit", what's that about? Was that just padding? Or what? I mean, it's rubbish, that