Standalone novel · 1837
The Pickwick Papers
Samuel Pickwick, a kind-hearted retired businessman, sets out with three friends from the Pickwick Club to travel England and report on what they see. Joined by his cheerful cockney servant Sam Weller, he stumbles from one comic scrape to the next. Dickens’s first novel, published in monthly parts.
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Book facts
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Series
- Standalone
- Published
- 1837
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The Pickwick Papers
2 recurring or key characters from Charles Dickens’s chart. Introduces Samuel Pickwick and Sam Weller.
Lead 1
- Samuel PickwickFirst appearanceKindly founder of the Pickwick Club
Major 1
- Sam WellerFirst appearanceMr Pickwick's cockney servant