The Pickwick Papers |
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Author:
| Dickens, Charles |
Introduction by:
| Russo, Richard |
Series title: | Modern Library Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8129-6727-2 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2003 |
Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Modern Library |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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Charles Dickens's satirical masterpiece,
The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G....
More DescriptionCharles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, The Pickwick Papers, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. Laugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. As G. K. Chesterton noted, "Before Dickens wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick."