The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (English Library) Dickens, Charles Summary The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens's first novel. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling instalments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. Perfect for fans of Classics, Literature & Fiction, Fiction Classics Books, Humorous Fiction, Literary Fiction Books. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 960 pages · Mass_market By Dickens, Charles Details ISBN: 9780140430783 Author: Dickens, Charles Format: Mass_market Pages: 960 Language: English Publication date: 27 February 1986 Condition: New About the authors Dickens, Charles and Charles Dickens · Publisher: Penguin Classics More about this book Reviews 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.
