The Pickwick Papers

By Dickens, Charles|Ellis, David|Ellis, David
The Pickwick Papers

Details

Authors: Dickens, Charles|Ellis, David|Ellis, David
Copyright: 1993
Format: Paperback
GTIN13: 9781853260520
ISBN10: 1853260525
Page Count: 784
Dimensions: 4.99x1.52x7.76
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Jacket Notes: Samuel Pickwick, his well-fed body and unsinkable good spirits clad in tights and gaiters, sallies forth through the noisy streets of London and into the colorful country inns of rural England for a picaresque series of sparkling encounters with love and misadventure.

Strand Notes

Dickens' first novel is widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialized in monthly installemtns, it quickly became a huge popular success. In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr. Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature. Notes. 751p.

Description

With an Introduction and Notes by David Ellis, University of Kent at Canterbury. With Illustrations by R.Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).

The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' first novel and widely regarded as one of the major classics of comic writing in English. Originally serialised in monthly instalments, it quickly became a huge popular success with sales reaching 40,000 by the final part.

In the century and a half since its first appearance, the characters of Mr Pickwick, Sam Weller and the whole of the Pickwickian crew have entered the consciousness of all who love English literature in general, and the works of Dickens in particular.

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