Adventure· United Kingdom
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles DickensAggregate Editorial Score38/100
Guardian 100 Best Novels
Published 1836740 pagesEnglish
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Published in 1836, The Pickwick Papers established Charles Dickens as one of the defining voices in adventure. The amiable, innocent Mr Pickwick and his Pickwick Club tour England in a series of comic adventures. Dickens's first novel made him the most popular author in England overnight, introducing Sam Weller—one of the great comic characters in English literature—and establishing the expansive, warm comedy that defined the Victorian novel. Themes of comedy, England, travel run through the work. The book has received recognition from Guardian 100 Best Novels 1836.
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⚔️ Adventure
Action-driven stories of exploration, danger, and survival.
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