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"The Posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club" by Charles Dickens - London: Piccadilly Fountain Press, 1931 & 1932, Lombard Street Edition. 20 Fortnightly Parts of the Pickwick Advertiser with Particulars (including reproduction of original covers, plates and page numbering), 43 engraved plates, illustrations include facsimile 1837 title page and double-sided facsimile manuscript pages, illustrated adverts to first few leaves of all volumes, most leaves uncut to each volume, First Edition thus , some wear to all volumes with marking and fraying to edges of covers, all volumes generally in good or very good condition, pale blue card, illustrated upper covers with black titles

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) was the first novel by English author Charles Dickens. Because of his success with Sketches by Boz published in 1836, Dickens was asked by the publisher Chapman & Hall to supply descriptions to explain a series of comic "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour,[1] and to connect them into a novel. The book became a publishing phenomenon, with bootleg copies, theatrical performances, Sam Weller joke books, and other merchandise.[2] On its cultural impact, Nicholas Dames in The Atlantic writes, "'Literature' is not a big enough category for Pickwick. It defined its own, a new one that we have learned to call 'entertainment'."[3] Published in 19 issues over 20 months, the success of The Pickwick Papers popularised serialised fiction and cliffhanger endings.[4]



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