Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club, no. 17

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Tells the story of Samuel Pickwick, a good natured elderly gentleman, president of the Pickwick Club. With three other members of the club, Pickwick travels around the English countryside, where he becomes caught up in a series of comic adventures, and romantic and legal misunderstandings. Although light in tone, the novel foreshadows the social concerns that would emerge in Dickens' later work. Issued monthly from April 1836 to November 1837. Chapters 46-48: Chapter 46: Is chiefly devoted to matters of business, and the temporal advantage of Dodson and Fogg -- Mr. Winkle re-appears under extraordinary circumstances; and Mr. Pickwick's benevolence proves stronger than his obstinacy Chapter 47: Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the assistance of Samuel Weller, essayed to soften the heart of Mr. Benjamin Allen, and to mollify the wrath of Mr. Robert Sawyer Chapter 48: Containing the story of the bagman's uncle

In Collection:
Creator Contributor Subject Publisher Language Identifier
  • Call Number: PR4569 A1 1836
Date created Relation Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 20 numbers in 19 volumes (xiv, 609 pages) ; 23 cm
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 52.16045, -0.70312
Additional physical characteristics
  • Illustrated. First edition (but not first issued of all parts) with parts in their original state with paper wrappers.
Physical repository Collection
  • Victorian Serial Novels Collection
Provider Genre Date digitized
  • June 19, 2008
Technical note
  • 300 dpi TIFF; no colour correction; archived in Cataloguing on DVD. Compressed from archive at 40% size and 150 dpi; saved as medium quality (5) jpg. Digitized by KM and CDW, technical metadata provided by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by GF and KD.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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