The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens' first published work, "The Pickwick Papers" was an instant success that captured the public imagination with its colourful characters and farcical plot. Featuring the original illustrations, this title includes an introduction that discusses the genesis of "The Pickwick Papers" and the emergence of its central characters.

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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

'One of my life's greatest tragedies is to have already read Pickwick Papers - I can't go back and read it for the first time' Fernando Pessoa 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. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the sportsman Winkle and, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, characters and incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Mark Wormald
“No essay in fiction ever gave more incontestable assurance of genius. . . Never, perhaps, was satire so large-hearted and so entertaining.”—George Gissing

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful PICKWICK PAPERS (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. Dickens is considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language.
Mark Wormald is a Fellow and College Lecturer in English at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

SKU CIN0140436111A
ISBN 13 9780140436112
ISBN 10 0140436111
Title The Pickwick Papers
Author Charles Dickens
Condition well read
Binding type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2000-02-24
Number of pages 848
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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