Pickwick's jovial stature allows Dickens a light touch on his social commentary and Pickwick Papers remains one of his most popular books. The reprehensible Alfred Jingle is often encountered in bizarre and awkward scenes, a lightning rod for the ills in society where marriage is not always accompanied by love, the victim not the guilty are imprisoned, and the poor are treated with barely concealed contempt. Legendary British author Charles Dickens’s debut novel, The Pickwick Papers, first published as a serial of stories between 18, chronicles the adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club, a group of travelers who journey around England and share their experiences. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that. Their adventures increasingly highlight hypocrisy and avarice in the lives of everyday folk, beset by the doubtful actions of lawyers, politicians and local dignitaries. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers - a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.ĭicken's first novel began as a romp, a series of amusing observations based on the travels of Mr Pickwick and his friends Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, Tracy Tupman and valet Sam Weller. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. Samuel Pickwick and the other members of the Pickwick Club - Tracy Tupman.

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