The Pickwick Papers
the posthumous papers of the pickwick club
$23.93
- Paperback
848 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2000
Summary
The Pickwick Papers: A Comic Masterpiece
The comic masterpiece that catapulted the 24-year-old Dickens to fame.
The Pickwick Papers began as a literary spoof centered around sketches of stock sporting fops by caricaturist Robert Seymour. Following the success of Sketches by Boz, Dickens was recruited to compose the words which would accompany the illustrations. Dickens quickly made the project his own and created some of his most popular characters: Samuel …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140436112 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140436111 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Mark Wormald |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 848 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2000 |
| Weight: | 575g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 40mm |
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Critics Review
“No essay in fiction ever gave more incontestable assurance of genius… . Never, perhaps, was satire so large-hearted and so entertaining.”-George Gissing
“No essay in fiction ever gave more incontestable assurance of genius… . Never, perhaps, was satire so large-hearted and so entertaining.”—George Gissing
About The Author
Charles Dickens
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.
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