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Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, "The Pickwick Papers," catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, "Before ÝDickens ̈ wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick."
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The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- The Pickwick Papers
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charles Dickens
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 740
- ISBN10
- 0192817752
- ISBN13
- 9780192817754
- Series
- The Pickwick Papers
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Adventure, Humor, Classics, 19th century, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Novellas, Countryside, Realism, Associations and clubs
- First published
- 1837
- Original title
- Posthumous papers of the Pickwick club
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, "The Pickwick Papers," catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, "Before ÝDickens ̈ wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick."