The Pickwick papers: Otherwise known as: The posthumous papers of The Pickwick Club (1948)
Charles Dickens
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Somerset | Somerset Studies | B 823 DIC |
Record Number
GRN0109977
Publication Details
Illustrator
RCN
GRN0109977
Format
Hardback
Height
18cm
Number of pages
xx, 905p
Embellishment
Illustrated
Series
Macdonald Illustrated Classics, 2
Note
First line:
The first ray of light which illumines the gloom, and converts into a dazzling brilliancy that obscurity in which the earlier history of the public career of the immortal Pickwick would appear to be involved, is derived from the perusal of the following entry in the Transactions of the Pickwick Club, which the editor of these papers feels the highest pleasure in laying before his readers, as a proof of the careful attention, indefatigable assiduity, and nice discrimination, with which his search among the multifarious documents confided to him has been conducted.
The author had a fondness for Devon - particularly the countryside around Exeter.
The fat boy - a character depicted in The Pickwick Papers is said to have come from the author's observations in The Turks Head pub, Exeter.
The first ray of light which illumines the gloom, and converts into a dazzling brilliancy that obscurity in which the earlier history of the public career of the immortal Pickwick would appear to be involved, is derived from the perusal of the following entry in the Transactions of the Pickwick Club, which the editor of these papers feels the highest pleasure in laying before his readers, as a proof of the careful attention, indefatigable assiduity, and nice discrimination, with which his search among the multifarious documents confided to him has been conducted.
The author had a fondness for Devon - particularly the countryside around Exeter.
The fat boy - a character depicted in The Pickwick Papers is said to have come from the author's observations in The Turks Head pub, Exeter.
Subjects
Dates
19th century