The Pickwick Papers Mass market paperbound - 2004
by Charles Dickens; Afterword by Jasper Fforde
The adventures of the Pickwick Club-bumbling through duels, lawsuits, jails, and hilarious romantic imbroglios-rocketed their author to sudden fame.
About this book
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (commonly known as The Pickwick Papers) is the first novel published by Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club catapulted the 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 humor & literary invention
The novel was published in 19 issues over 20 months by Chapman and Hall, London in 1836.
After the publication the widow of illustrator Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "Mr. Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book.
Summary
With an Afterword by Jasper Fforde
First Edition Identification
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club first published in book format in 1837 by Chapman & Hall, London. It was illustrated with 43 engraved plates by R. Seymour and H. T. Browne.
Details
- Title The Pickwick Papers
- Author Charles Dickens; Afterword by Jasper Fforde
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 848
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Signet Book
- Date 2004-06-01
- ISBN 9780451529381 / 0451529383
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.5 in (17.02 x 10.67 x 3.81 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1160
- Library of Congress subjects England, Humorous fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003070370
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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