The Pickwick Papers

J. M. Dent, London, 1972. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. The action is given as occurring 1827-8, though critics have noted some seeming anachronisms. The novel's main character, Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, and the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. To extend his researches into the quaint and curious phenomena of life, he suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" (Mr Nathaniel Winkle, Mr Augustus Snodgrass, and Mr Tracy Tupman) should make journeys to remote places from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the English countryside by coach provide the chief theme of the novel. A distinctive and valuable feature of the work is the generally accurate descriptions of the old coaching inns of England. the book is introduced by GK Chesterton.. A clean copy, no damage to describe apart from age toning of the top edge of the pages. No annotations Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 828 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; English Fiction - 19th Century - Victorian Fiction; 19th-century; ISBN: 0460012355. ISBN/EAN: 9780460012355. Inventory No: 0261652. . 9780460012355