Pickwick Papers (Illustrated)

The Pickwick Papers
Bok av Charles Dickens
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickens's first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens' novels were issued in shilling installments before being published as complete volumes). Dickens (still writing under the pseudonym of Boz) increasingly took over the unsuccessful monthly publication after the original illustrator Robert Seymour had committed suicide. With the introduction of Sam Weller in chapter 10, the book became the first real publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise. After the publication, the widow of Robert Seymour claimed that the idea for the novel was originally her husband's; however, in his preface to the 1867 edition, Dickens strenuously denied any specific input, writing that "e;Mr Seymour never originated or suggested an incident, a phrase, or a word, to be found in the book."e;
Charles Dickens tillhör våra klassiker och bör läsas. Vill man läsa något av honom så kan jag rekommendera Pickwickklubben. Vi följer Mr Pickwick med resesällskap runt om i England och de hamnar i många lustiga och olustiga situationer. Man ler ofta och ibland ett skratt. Boken är skriven med en gammaldags stil, i alla fall den jag läste, så många ord kanske kan vara svåra att förstå men boken är ändå starkt läsvärd.