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Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens
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Written for publication as a serial, The Pickwick Papers is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. Its main literary value and appeal is formed by its numerous memorable characters. Each character in The Pickwick Papers, as in many other Dickens novels, is drawn comically, often with exaggerated personalities.
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Pickwick Inn, named after Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, is a folk Victorian home, built at the turn-of-the-century. The house is filled with books and reading nooks just waiting for you to curl up in. Antiques are everywhere, and your mind will wander back to a simpler, quieter life. The original carriage house is still out back (but no horses live there presently).
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In "The Pickwick Papers", Dickens' reached his peak of humor. First commissioned to match illustrations that had benn done, "The Pickwick Papers" took on a life of its own. Serialized in 20 monthly installments from March 1836 to November 1837, it took the public by storm, From 400 copies in the first installemnt it rose to 40,000 copies by the fifteenth.
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Part of the Pickwick Papers featured in Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories, a 60 minute animation made by Emerald City Films (1987). Including The Ghost in the Wardrobe, The Mail Coach Ghosts, and The Goblin and the Gravedigger.
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The Pickwick Papers, Dickens’ first novel, is a glorious romp through the pre-Reform Bill England of 1827. Traveling by stage-coach, the innocent but well-intentioned Pickwick and his equally naive friends, all in search of “interesting scenes and characters,” are repeatedly saved from disaster by the resourceful and quick-witted Sam Weller.
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Pickwick began with illustrations by Robert Seymour. After completing illustrations for the second monthly installment, Seymour committed suicide. The search began for a new illustrator and Robert W. Buss was hired. The Buss illustrations for the third monthly installment did not please Dickens or his publishers and another artist, Hablot Knight Browne was hired. Browne took the nickname Phiz to complement Dickens' Boz and the two became fast friends. Phiz went on to illustrate Dickens' works for 23 years.
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