Young Martin befriends Tom Pinch, a kind-hearted soul whose late grandmother had given Pecksniff all she had, believing Pecksniff would make an architect and gentleman of him.
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Young Martin befriends Tom Pinch, a kind-hearted soul whose late grandmother had given Pecksniff all she had, believing Pecksniff would make an architect and gentleman of him.
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Pecksniff is a relatively minor member of the Chuzzlewit family, which, as Russell Baker, the series host, notes, is mired in " congenital selfishness ."
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The character appearing in / { Little Dorrit / } is ( a ) Arthur Clennam; ( b ) Seth Pecksniff; ( c ) Barkis; ( d ) Mrs . Jellyby.
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The character appearing in " Little Dorrit " is ( a ) Arthur Clennam; ( b ) Seth Pecksniff; ( c ) Barkis; ( d ) Mrs . Jellyby.
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Hall's notoriously sanctimonious personality was often satirised, and he is regularly cited as the model for the character of Pecksniff in Charles Dickens's novel " Martin Chuzzlewit ".
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They are the wily, sanctimonious schemer Pecksniff, whose name has become synonymous with hypocrisy; and the disreputable old nurse, Sarah Gamp, whose very umbrella is an imaginative extension of her own personality.
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Pecksniff, who is a cousin of the Chuzzlewits, insinuates himself into Old Martin's company, taking him in as a guest hoping for a generous legacy on the event of Martin's death.
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And flitting through various subplots are Pecksniff's silly daughters, Charity ( Emma Chambers ) and Mercy ( Julia Sawalha ), the virtuous Tom Pinch ( Philip Franks ) and the totally reprehensible Montague Tigg ( Pete Postlethwaite ).
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He also makes sexual advances towards Mary; she, who has also formed a special friendship with Tom, tells him of this and he, shocked, leaves the Pecksniff household for London, setting up home with his sister Ruth.
