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Pickwick papers dramatic highlights

Centered around the adventures of Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, and his associates as they roam Britain's rural stomping grounds, the tale is brimming with memorable characters and bursting with delightful humor.

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  • "Centered around the adventures of Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, and his associates as they roam Britain's rural stomping grounds, the tale is brimming with memorable characters and bursting with delightful humor."@en
  • "Four members of a nineteenth-century London social club journey to places outside the city and become involved in romantic adventures and a few legal scrapes."
  • "Four members of a nineteenth-century London social club journey to places outside the city and become involved in romantic adventures and a few legal scrapes."@en
  • "Dickens's first novel, is a delightful romp through the pre-Reform Bill England of 1827. Samuel Pickwick and the rest of the Pickwickians are some of the most memorable of all Dickens's creations, and it is a joy to hear of their adventures in search of 'interesting scenes and characters', and the repeated efforts of the quick-witted Sam Weller to rescue them all from disaster."@en
  • "Dickens's first novel, is a delightful romp through the pre-Reform Bill England of 1827. Samuel Pickwick and the rest of the Pickwickians are some of the most memorable of all Dickens's creations, and it is a joy to hear of their adventures in search of 'interesting scenes and characters', and the repeated efforts of the quick-witted Sam Weller to rescue them all from disaster."
  • ""When a twenty-four-year-old young writer named Charles Dickens was asked to write a serialized story about English country life, no one anticipated that he was about to become one of the most famous authors of all time. The Pickwick Papers, as it came to be called, enchanted readers with its lively humor and delightfully drawn characters. The members of the Pickwick Club, presided over by the kindly old Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, agree to make a series of separate journeys into the English countryside and report back to the other club members on their adventures and observations, resulting in an abundance of entertaining anecdotes. When The Pickwick Papers was finally released as a complete novel, it became the first real publishing phenomenon, inspiring bootleg copies, theatrical performances, and merchandise based on the popular characters"--Publisher's web site."@en
  • "The members of the Pickwick Club, presided over by the kindly old Mr. Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, agree to make a series of separate journeys into the English countryside and report back to the other club members on their adventures and observations, resulting in an abundance of entertaining anecdotes."@en
  • "The Pickwick papers was Dickens' first novel, completed in 1837. From the start he established his eye for vivid characters with the lovable London character of Sam Weller, the boistrous Mr Pickwick, and the rest of the colour crew. The adventures, including the cricket match in Dingley Dell, and the grim description of Fleet Prison, set the pattern for the most remarkable series of stories that epitomize England in the 19th century."@en
  • "Relates the various activities and adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club."@en
  • "Relates the various activities and adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club."
  • "The story of Mr Pickwich and his friends who make up the Pickwick Club. Mr Pickwick is accompanied by the following cheery gentlemen: Mr Snodgrass, Mr Tracy Tupman, Mr. Jingle and Mr. Nathaniels Winkle."@en
  • "Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired business man and confirmed bachelor, is determined that after a quite life of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Together with the other members of the Pickwick Club: Tracy Tupman, Augustus Snodgrass and Nathaniel Winkle, the portly innocent embarks on a series of hilariously comic adventures. But can Pickwick retain his good will towards his fellow humans once he discovers the evils of the world?"@en
  • "A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired businessman and confirmed batchelor, is determined that after a quiet life of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Founder of the Pickwick Club, he and his fellow Pickwickians elect to form a Corresponding Society and report back their journeys and exploits on a regular basis. Thus begins the chronicle of their hilariously comic adventures."
  • "A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation. Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired businessman and confirmed batchelor, is determined that after a quiet life of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Founder of the Pickwick Club, he and his fellow Pickwickians elect to form a Corresponding Society and report back their journeys and exploits on a regular basis. Thus begins the chronicle of their hilariously comic adventures."@en
  • "This is the story of the celebrated Pickwick Club with the good Mr. Samuel Pickwick as its general chairman and founder. The members are to report to the club on their journeys, adventures, and observations of characters and manners. Dickens creates a vivid picture of old England, taking his characters along the nostalgic highways and byways of these majestic isles."@en
  • "When The Pickwick Papers first appeared in 1837, Charles Dickens rose to sudden fame as the English speaking public was seized by Pickwick mania. A century and half later, readers continue to enjoy the vigorous humor and heartwarming optimism of Dickens' first great literary achievement. Scofield evokes all the warmth and laughter of the unlikely adventures of the immortal Samuel Pickwick, Esq., and the other members of the Pickwick Club. Abetted by Pickwick's faithful manservant, Sam Weller, the Pickwickians bumble through hilarious romantic, misadventures and other twists of plot, encountering many delightfully Dickensian characters along the way."@en
  • "Mr. Samuel Pickwick, general chairman of the Pickwick Club, and three other members constitute a Corresponding Society in order to report their journeys and adventures, observations of characters and manners. The Pickwick papers are the humorous record of their ventures into the world."
  • "The ramblings, adventures and travels of the members of the Pickwick Club as they wander about the countryside, getting into trouble wherever possible."@en
  • "Eager for new experiencess, Mr. Pickwick announces the creation of the Pickwick Club. He is joined by three other humbugs."@en
  • "The Pickwick papers was Dickens' first novel, completed in 1837. From the start he established his eye for vivid characters with the lovable London character of Sam Weller, the boistrous Mr Pickwick, and the rest of the crew. The adventures, including the cricket match in Dingley Dell, and the grim description of Fleet Prison, set the pattern for the most remarkable series of stories that epitomize England in the 19th century."
  • "This popular novel follows David Copperfield from childhood to maturity."

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