About the Book: The Pickwick Papers
Playful and light-hearted adventure stories, The Pickwick Papers was Dickens
first complete novel. Featuring loosely connected stories he had originally
written for an English periodical over a period of almost two years, the novel
follows the adventures of Samuel Pickwick, the elderly and rich founder of the
Pickwick Club. As Pickwick sets out to explore his homeland, along with a few
select members of his society, the group finds themselves embroiled in highly
amusing escapades that not only offer a glimpse into the life and times of
nineteenth-century England, but also highlight all that is absurd and
delightfully ironical.
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