Title: The Pickwick Papers
First published: 1847
Description: Dickens’ first novel was originally written and published as a serial. It is a comedy relating the misadventures of the members of The Pickwick Club, whose main purpose is to discover and relate quaint and curious phenomena of social life and customs throughout England. This quest takes the members to all parts of the country, travelling by coach and sampling the comforts or otherwise of various coaching inns.
Subjects: Fiction, Men, Societies and clubs, Male friendship, Trials (Breach of promise), Social life and customs, Readers, Inglés, Travelers, Literatura inglesa, English literature, Libros de lectura, Selections, extracts, English fiction, Humorous stories, English, Classic literature, Social conditions, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, humorous, general, London (england), fiction, Fiction, legal, Manners and customs, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, classics, Récits humoristiques, Romans, nouvelles, Mœurs et coutumes, Children's fiction, Adventure stories, Adventure and adventurers, Canada, history, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Library, Libraries, British literature, Clubs, English fictions
Places: England, London (England), Angleterre, Great Britain
People: Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Charles Eskell Van Noorden
Time periods: 19th century, 19e siècle