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Title: The Pickwick Papers
Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN: 978-0-195462-45-6
Genre: Classics, Romance
Level: 3
Module:

Getting along with others
Cultures of the world
Social issues


Mr Pickwick and his three friends from the Pickwick Club - Tracy Tupman, Nathaniel Winkle and Augustus Snodgrass, set out on a scientific journey around Britain. To their surprise, their trip quickly turns into a series of romantic and amusing adventures.

Mr Tupman, an admirer of beautiful women, falls in love with a lady. Will he find romance and happiness? Why does Mr Winkle try to get into a lady's sedan-chair? Mr Snodgrass, the quietest of all the Pickwickians, has a secret that shocks everyone. Read on and find out what it is.

Even Mr Pickwick, a middle-aged, respectable single gentleman, is involved in a romantic accident. Will he be able to save himself from shame?

Charles Dickens was a very popular writer who lived in England in the time of Queen Victoria. His story about Mr Pickwick and his faithful servant, Sam Weller, made him famous.

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