Charles Dickens
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| Original Title: | The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club |
| ISBN: | 0140436111 (ISBN13: 9780140436112) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Samuel Pickwick, Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, Tracy Tupman, Sam Weller, Tony Weller, Alfred Jingle, Job Trotter, Mr. Wardle, Emily Wardle, Benjamin Allen, Arabella Allen, Bob Sawyer, Mr. Perker, Mrs. Bardell, Dr. Slammer, Solomon Pell, Rachael Wardle, Mr. Dodson, Mr. Fogg |
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Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–-a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor’s prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens’s pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention.Be Specific About Of Books The Pickwick Papers
| Title | : | The Pickwick Papers |
| Author | : | Charles Dickens |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 801 pages |
| Published | : | February 24th 2000 by Penguin Classics (first published 1837) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature. 19th Century. Humor. European Literature. British Literature. Historical. Victorian |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 23402 Users | 1535 ReviewsColumn Of Books The Pickwick Papers
It's over, and can't be helped,...as they always say in Turkey when they cut the wrong man's head off." She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her 'Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir.Can I view thee panting, lyingOn thy stomach, without sighing;Can I unmoved see thee dyingOn a logExpiring frog! I agree generally with my Goodreads friends' reviewsThe Pickwick Papers was the first novel by Charles Dickens but Ive read it last. I was always afraid to start but once I did it proved to be a real pageturner for me.There sat the man who had traced to their source the mighty ponds of Hampstead, and agitated the scientific world with his Theory of Tittlebats, as calm and unmoved as the deep waters of the one on a frosty day, or as a solitary specimen of the other in the inmost recesses of an earthen jar.The specific sense of humour is inimitable
It has been quite some time since a book made me laugh out loud. Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, or more properly The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, did so again and again. The book arose from Dickens' engagement to provide descriptions to accompany a series of comic prints in the popular genre of the picture novel. Dickens' captions grew into serialized articles which appeared in nineteen installments over twenty months during 1836-37. They were then compiled into his first novel and
Done, finally! I've been on a mission to read more Dickens, and ended up reading Pickwick Papers with my book group this year. Parts are quite funny, and overall it's silly and endearing, but it lacks the deeper impact of some of his masterpieces.
This book caused a huge sensation when it first appeared in serialization. I'm at a loss. It makes me wonder whether people in Victorian England had anything to do.I initially tried to read this along the serialization schedule, finishing several chapters a month. That didn't work out. Ordinarily, that plan fails because I can't wait to rush ahead. Here, the problem was that nothing was luring me back to this book, and I happily read other things I found more interesting and entertaining. But, I
Mr. Pickwick is a middle-aged gentleman of considerable means who enjoys life and adventures and wants to share that joy with his best friends. He has taken under his wing several young men, and though he remains a bachelor, he still maintains a "father but also friend" relationship with these other members of the Pickwick Club. The personality of Mr. Pickwick is quixotic but less daft. He loves to party but is very generous and keeps a sharp lookout on the well-being of his friends and those on
Why classify this novel in children's literature? I am not convinced that this is the category that corresponds. It took me a while to get into this novel because we do not understand the style right away. Will there be several adventures completely independent of each other? As the chapters are read, since in the end they are chapters, we realize that there will be a continuous story and that all these little adventures lead to a final scene. Characters are continually added and it is not
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