{"product_id":"the-pickwick-papers-introduction-by-peter-washington-9780375405488","title":"The Pickwick Papers: Introduction by Peter Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this classic social commentary from Dickens, Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired business man and confirmed bachelor, is determined that after a quiet 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Dickens's satirical masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, catapulted the young writer into literary fame when it was first serialized in 1836-37. It recounts the rollicking adventures of the members of the Pickwick Club as they travel about England getting into all sorts of mischief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny and endlessly entertaining, the book also reveals Dickens's burgeoning interest in the parliamentary system, lawyers, the Poor Laws, and the ills of debtors' prisons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs G. K. Chesterton noted, \"Before  Dickens] wrote a single real story, he had a kind of vision . . . a map full of fantastic towns, thundering coaches, clamorous market-places, uproarious inns, strange and swaggering figures. That vision was Pickwick.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375405488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e10044 \/ Pickwick Papers\/The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles Dickens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916869898421,"sku":"9780375405488","price":32.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_54feacbf-d08c-4877-96a9-1334f24f00b1.jpg?v=1687272594","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-pickwick-papers-introduction-by-peter-washington-9780375405488","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}