The Pickwick Papers
About this book
Dickens’ first novel was originally written and published as a serial. It is a comedy relating the misadventures of the members of The Pickwick Club, whose main purpose is to discover and relate quaint and curious phenomena of social life and customs throughout England. This quest takes the members to all parts of the country, travelling by coach and sampling the comforts or otherwise of various coaching inns.
Subjects
- adventure and adventurers
- adventure stories
- british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- british literature
- canada, history
- children's fiction
- classic literature
- clubs
- england, fiction
- english
- english fiction
- english fictions
- english literature
- fiction
- fiction, action & adventure
- fiction, classics
- fiction, general
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, humorous
- fiction, humorous, general
- fiction, legal
- friendship, fiction
- humorous stories
- inglés
- libraries
- library
- libros de lectura
- literatura inglesa
- london (england), fiction
- long now manual for civilization
- male friendship
- manners and customs
- men
- mœurs et coutumes
- readers
- récits humoristiques
- romans, nouvelles
- selections, extracts
- social conditions
- social life and customs
- societies and clubs
- travelers
- trials (breach of promise)