The Pickwick Papers
(Paperback)
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Published: 12th April 2000
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Publishing Details
The Pickwick Papers
By (Author) Charles Dickens
Edited by Mark Wormald
Introduction by Mark Wormald
Notes by Mark Wormald
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
12th April 2000
24th February 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
848
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
575g
Description
The Comic masterpiece that catapulted the 24 year old Dickens to fame THE PICKWICK PAPERS began as a literary spoof centred 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 Pickwick, and his companions Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass, and Tracy Tupman. At the height of its popularity THE PICKWICK PAPERS sold 40,000 copies a month and catapulted the 24 year old Dickens to fame.
Reviews
No essay in fiction ever gave more incontestable assurance of genius. . . . Never, perhaps, was satire so large-hearted and so entertaining.George Gissing
Author Bio
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.
