Charles Dickens burst onto the literary scene in 1836 with The Pickwick Papers, a riotous serial following the rotund, good-natured Mr. Samuel Pickwick and his club companions as they blunder through English country life, elections, inns, and courtrooms. The book made Dickens a celebrity overnight and introduced the nation to the irrepressible Sam Weller, whose wisecracking loyalty steals every scene he enters.
Full of slapstick mishaps, eccentric supporting players, and Dickens’s irresistible warmth, The Pickwick Papers remains one of the most purely joyful novels he ever produced. Download this free EPUB and join the Pickwick Club on its gloriously chaotic English tour.