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  • Despite its picaresque contents, this first novel-length work is a wonderful piece to read. The characters are likable and amusing, the writing, while not yet what he will later become, is still outstanding. Highly entertaining. (This edition also contains pretty good end notes, as well.)

    

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The Pickwick Papers explores the perils, travels, and adventures of the Pickwick Club's members: the founding chairman, former businessman and amateur scientist Mr. Pickwick; his trusted companion Sam Weller; the sportsman Winkle; the poet Snodgrass; and the lover Tracy Tupman. This Penguin Classic makes available the first volume edition of 1837 together with the original illustrations.

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