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Pickwick was a huge success. Chapman and Hall printed only 1,000 copies of the first monthly installment; at the end of serialization 40,000 copies were being printed. Pickwick had taken Britain, and later the world, by storm and had successfully launched Dickens to celebrity status. The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.

Public Domain (P)2014 Trout Lake Media Historical Fiction Fiction Funny
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No-one can really know the meaning of a great read until they've read Charles Dickens!
Always entertaining his varied plotlines containing such an assortment of characters who you get the opportunity to know so well that when it comes to the closing of his tales you feel reluctant to turnover that last page...
I only hope that younger readers will take the time to read a Charles Dickens novel & give themselves the chance to see what 'Literary Genius' means...

Charles Dickens , Excellent as always!

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A wonderful story, one of the best Dickens and superb narration. The crumpet passage was priceless.

Great book and narration

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Written long ago, still a heartwarming story, vivid in period detail and laugh out loud in places. Excellent narration brought it to life.

Marvellous

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Great listening for a walk or bedtime.
Narrator on the whole pretty good, just a couple of characters irritating.
would recommend.

Classic very entertaining.

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Parts of this book were funny and entertaining. However, I found my mind wandering in other parts. Collection of often unrelated anecdotal stories gathered on the travels of The Pickwickians told within the story of their expeditions. Interesting social observations as Dickens shines a light on the social inequalities and the unjust legal system of the day.

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