The Pickwick Papers: Difference between revisions

Full title ''The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club'', but usually known under this title.

 

 

First published in 1837 (but set in 1827-28, a fact Dickens [[Present Day Past|sometimes forgot in his writing]]), it was originally a 20-part serial. It follows the misadventures of a bunch of comedy clichés as they go about southern England. Along the way, a variety of interesting side-stories are related.

* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]

* [[No Communities Were Harmed]] ("Eatanswill"<ref>Yes, think about the name</ref> the location of the by-election is stated to be a disguised East Anglian town. It's generally thought to be either Sudbury or Ipswich. G.K. Chesterton, for this part, thought Dickens was just satirising England in general]]

* [[Present Day Past]] (Dickens has characters referencing events that haven't occurred in their world yet)

* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]] (Jingle)