TY - BOOK AU - Dickens, Charles AU - Kinsley, James, ed. TI - The Pickwick Papers T2 - Oxford World's Classics SN - 0192834576 U1 - 823.8 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - English Literature KW - English Fiction KW - Men--Societies and clubs KW - England KW - Manners and customs KW - Clubs KW - Humorous stories KW - English fiction KW - Fiction KW - Radio adaptations N2 - In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write `a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was born: its supposed `papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still among Dicken's most popular works. This book is intended for general; courses on early 19th-century English novel; courses specifically on Dickens ER -