The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
19.99 €
Charles Dickens's first novel, the one that made him famous, was originally conceived as a comic strip—a companion piece to a series of illustrations by artist Robert Seymour. Fortunately, it didn't stop there, and from these small sketches emerged a work that has become a treasure trove of world culture, considered one of the symbols of English literature and English humor.
"The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" is the perfect read for a good mood, but it's much more than that. This hilarious epic about the adventures of Samuel Pickwick and his friends, with inimitable irony and genuine warmth, depicts 19th-century England with its rural pastorals and city streets, roadside inns and ubiquitous pubs, libations and tea parties, absurd laws and debtors' prisons, barracks, asylums, military maneuvers, provincial elections and masquerades, pompous officials, idiot aristocrats, hypocritical politicians, witty lackeys, cheerful workers, spinsters and playful widows, philandering businessmen and naive eccentrics.
In essence, Dickens wrote that very "good old England," the image of which has become ingrained in the public consciousness. The journey of an eccentric, naive, and ever-cheerful English gentleman, undertaken with the "scientific" goal of understanding "human nature," encompasses travel guide, situation comedy, humorous detective story, mysticism, and social satire. Dickens masterfully blends absurdity and realism, creating a gallery of memorable images and demonstrating that a love of life, generosity, and sincerity can help overcome any adversity.
The publication includes complete sets of illustrations by English artists Robert Seymour, Harry Furnes, Cecil Aldin, Phiz (Heblot Knight Brown), and Frank Reynolds.
"The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" is the perfect read for a good mood, but it's much more than that. This hilarious epic about the adventures of Samuel Pickwick and his friends, with inimitable irony and genuine warmth, depicts 19th-century England with its rural pastorals and city streets, roadside inns and ubiquitous pubs, libations and tea parties, absurd laws and debtors' prisons, barracks, asylums, military maneuvers, provincial elections and masquerades, pompous officials, idiot aristocrats, hypocritical politicians, witty lackeys, cheerful workers, spinsters and playful widows, philandering businessmen and naive eccentrics.
In essence, Dickens wrote that very "good old England," the image of which has become ingrained in the public consciousness. The journey of an eccentric, naive, and ever-cheerful English gentleman, undertaken with the "scientific" goal of understanding "human nature," encompasses travel guide, situation comedy, humorous detective story, mysticism, and social satire. Dickens masterfully blends absurdity and realism, creating a gallery of memorable images and demonstrating that a love of life, generosity, and sincerity can help overcome any adversity.
The publication includes complete sets of illustrations by English artists Robert Seymour, Harry Furnes, Cecil Aldin, Phiz (Heblot Knight Brown), and Frank Reynolds.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Foreign Literature. Large Books