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The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is a humorous and affectionate portrait of English society, filled with eccentric characters, comic misunderstandings, and memorable adventures. The novel follows the travels of Samuel Pickwick, a…
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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens is a humorous and affectionate portrait of English society, filled with eccentric characters, comic misunderstandings, and memorable adventures. The novel follows the travels of Samuel Pickwick, a wealthy and good-natured gentleman, and the members of the Pickwick Club, who set out to observe life and human nature across England. Accompanied by his clever and resourceful servant, Sam Weller, Pickwick encounters a colorful variety of people, from scheming lawyers and ambitious businessmen to innkeepers, debtors, and aspiring poets. Their journeys lead to a series of amusing incidents that reveal the absurdities of social conventions, the flaws of human character, and the injustices of everyday life. Blending slapstick comedy with satire and moments of genuine sympathy, Dickens creates a lively panorama of early nineteenth-century England. First published in serial form between 1836 and 1837, The Pickwick Papers was Dickens’s first novel and established his reputation as one of the great comic writers of English literature.
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- Published
- 10 September 2026
- Format
- Book
- Extent
- 57 chapters
- Language
- EN
- Chapters
- 57
- Language
- English
- On Lithril
- September 2026
Chapters
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- 011. THE PICKWICKIANSRead
- 022. THE FIRST DAY’S JOURNEY, AND THE FIRST EVENING’S ADVENTURES;Read
- 033. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE--THE STROLLER’S TALE--A DISAGREEABLERead
- 044. A FIELD DAY AND BIVOUAC--MORE NEW FRIENDS--AN INVITATION TORead
- 055. A SHORT ONE--SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, HOW Mr. PICKWICKRead
- 066. AN OLD-FASHIONED CARD-PARTY--THE CLERGYMAN’S VERSES--THERead
- 077. HOW MR. WINKLE, INSTEAD OF SHOOTING AT THE PIGEON ANDRead
- 088. STRONGLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION, THAT THE COURSE OFRead
- 099. A DISCOVERY AND A CHASERead
- 1010. CLEARING UP ALL DOUBTS (IF ANY EXISTED) OF THERead
- 1111. INVOLVING ANOTHER JOURNEY, AND AN ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY;Read
- 1212. DESCRIPTIVE OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROCEEDING ON THE PART OFRead
- 1313. SOME ACCOUNT OF EATANSWILL; OF THE STATE OF PARTIESRead
- 1414. COMPRISING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPANY AT THERead
- 1515. IN WHICH IS GIVEN A FAITHFUL PORTRAITURE OF TWORead
- 1616. TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBEDRead
- 1717. SHOWING THAT AN ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM, IN SOME CASES, ACTSRead
- 1818. BRIEFLY ILLUSTRATIVE OF TWO POINTS; FIRST, THE POWER OFRead
- 1919. A PLEASANT DAY WITH AN UNPLEASANT TERMINATIONRead
- 2020. SHOWING HOW DODSON AND FOGG WERE MEN OF BUSINESS, AND THEIRRead
- 2121. IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITERead
- 2222. MR. PICKWICK JOURNEYS TO IPSWICH AND MEETS WITH A ROMANTICRead
- 2323. IN WHICH MR. SAMUEL WELLER BEGINS TO DEVOTE HIS ENERGIESRead
- 2424. WHEREIN MR. PETER MAGNUS GROWS JEALOUS, AND THE MIDDLE-Read
- 2525. SHOWING, AMONG A VARIETY OF PLEASANT MATTERS, HOW MAJESTICRead
- 2626. WHICH CONTAINS A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE PROGRESS OF THERead
- 2727. SAMUEL WELLER MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO DORKING, AND BEHOLDSRead
- 2828. A GOOD-HUMOURED CHRISTMAS CHAPTER, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNTRead
- 2929. THE STORY OF THE GOBLINS WHO STOLE A SEXTONRead
- 3030. HOW THE PICKWICKIANS MADE AND CULTIVATED THE ACQUAINTANCERead
- 3131. WHICH IS ALL ABOUT THE LAW, AND SUNDRY GREAT AUTHORITIESRead
- 3232. DESCRIBES, FAR MORE FULLY THAN THE COURT NEWSMAN EVERRead
- 3333. MR. WELLER THE ELDER DELIVERS SOME CRITICAL SENTIMENTSRead
- 3434. IS WHOLLY DEVOTED TO A FULL AND FAITHFUL REPORT OF THERead
- 3535. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK THINKS HE HAD BETTER GO TO BATH; ANDRead
- 3636. THE CHIEF FEATURES OF WHICH WILL BE FOUND TO BE ANRead
- 3737. HONOURABLY ACCOUNTS FOR MR. WELLER’S ABSENCE, BYRead
- 3838. HOW MR. WINKLE, WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN,Read
- 3939. MR. SAMUEL WELLER, BEING INTRUSTED WITH A MISSION OFRead
- 4040. INTRODUCES MR. PICKWICK TO A NEW AND NOT UNINTERESTING SCENERead
- 4141. WHAT BEFELL MR. PICKWICK WHEN HE GOT INTO THE FLEET; WHATRead
- 4242. ILLUSTRATIVE, LIKE THE PRECEDING ONE, OF THE OLD PROVERB,Read
- 4343. SHOWING HOW MR. SAMUEL WELLER GOT INTO DIFFICULTIESRead
- 4444. TREATS OF DIVERS LITTLE MATTERS WHICH OCCURRED IN THERead
- 4545. DESCRIPTIVE OF AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW BETWEEN MR. SAMUELRead
- 4646. RECORDS A TOUCHING ACT OF DELICATE FEELING, NOT UNMIXEDRead
- 4747. IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO MATTERS OF BUSINESS, AND THERead
- 4848. RELATES HOW MR. PICKWICK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SAMUELRead
- 4949. CONTAINING THE STORY OF THE BAGMAN’S UNCLERead
- 5050. HOW MR. PICKWICK SPED UPON HIS MISSION, AND HOW HE WASRead
- 5151. IN WHICH MR. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE--TORead
- 5252. INVOLVING A SERIOUS CHANGE IN THE WELLER FAMILY, AND THERead
- 5353. COMPRISING THE FINAL EXIT OF MR. JINGLE AND JOB TROTTER,Read
- 5454. CONTAINING SOME PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DOUBLE KNOCK,Read
- 5555. MR. SOLOMON PELL, ASSISTED BY A SELECT COMMITTEE OFRead
- 5656. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE BETWEEN MR. PICKWICKRead
- 5757. IN WHICH THE PICKWICK CLUB IS FINALLY DISSOLVED, ANDRead
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