MR. TONY WELLER, when Mr. Pickwick praised the intelligence of his son Samuel, expressed his pleasure at the compliment as something which reflected honor on himself. “I took,” he said, “ a great deal ...

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickenss first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the ...

Anyone who has read the Anne of Green Gables series (bear with me, men) might remember the chapter midway through Anne of the Island when Gilbert Blythe first proposes to Anne. It’s terribly exciting ...

Two hundred years after Dickens wrote The Pickwick Papers a fascinating collection of documents from a real-life Pickwick Club inspired by the book is to be auctioned 'Mr Pickwick speaks at the club'.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It is the one story he tried to keep from his public. Charles Dickens made his name in 1836 with his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, but his success came at a price - another man’s life. Hungry for ...

“There are very few moments in a man’s existence, when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.” Yet there ...

The Pickwick Papers is Charles Dickens's first novel is a sequence of loosely related adventures. The novel's main character, Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, and the ...