The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers a humorous classic that propelled its 24-year-old author to instant renown is one of the few first novels to generate as much public interest. The exploits of the poet Snodgrass the lover Tupman the sportsman Winkle and most notably that uniquely English Quixote Mr. Pickwick and his cockney Sancho Panza Sam Weller attracted the attention of the readers. Characters and scenes sprang to life from Dickens pen to create an enduringly popular work of exuberant humour and literary inventiveness ranging from the holy ground of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy ruckus of the Eatanswill election via the Fleet debtors prison.