The Pickwick Papers

Description

As the first novel of the illustrious Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers has been turned around on all of its facets and debated by literary experts throughout the past century and a half. Humorous, lengthy, and featuring an impressive number of complex and delightful characters, the book will never fail to entertain its readers, and you may find a few surprisingly creative and enjoyable plot twists that foreshadow a few of the key scenes and elements of Dickens’ later works.

The novel tells the story of Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, the man who founded the Pickwick Club, and whose desire for adventure has led him to make a curious proposal to his fellow “Pickwickians.” Together with Mr. Nathaniel Winkle, Mr. Tracy Tupman and Mr. Augustus Snodgrass, he proposed that they all keep journals of their travels through England’s countryside.

Dickens’ storyline continues to introduce intriguing new characters, many of which feature what would later become the author’s signature approach to defining character traits. Exaggerated, humorous qualities, such as those of the comic cockney Sam Weller and the funny villain going by the name of Alfred Jingle are just two distinct examples. Also, you’ll find Dickens’ plot developments to lead the story on many uncharted and unexpected paths, as in the case of Jingle’s misadventures with Dr. Slammer and Mr. Pickwick’s defense against the unusual lawsuit brought to him by Mrs. Bardell. The book is not only a highly enjoyable story that even 21st century readers will thoroughly enjoy, but also a very accurate depiction of life in the English countryside, as it was during the beginning and middle of the 19th century. Anyone interested in history will be able to recognize the value of the historically precise description of English coach inns and the lifelike portrayal of local customs, speech and ideals.


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