The Pickwick Papers (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

The rollicking adventures of Samuel Pickwick and other members of the Pickwick Club as they travel around the English countryside getting into mischief are recounted in this satirical masterpiece. Brilliantly comic, the book also reveals Dickens’s growing interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtor’s prisons.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411436688
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	02/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	825
Sales rank:	136,686
Lexile:	1160L (what's this?)
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812–1870), was an English novelist, and is one of the most popular writers of all time. He is known for chapter-closing cliffhangers in his serial-style novels, a mind for social reform, and memorable characters. His most popular works include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington