The Pickwick Papers(I) 匹克威克外傳(英文版)
ThePosthumousPapersofthePickwickClub,betterknownasThePickwickPaperspublishedseriallyin1836–37,isthefirstnovelbyCharlesDickens.FewfirstnovelshavecreatedasmuchpopularexcitementasThePickwickPapers–acomicmasterpiecethatcatapultedits24-year-oldauthortoimmediatefame.ReaderswerecaptivatedbytheadventuresofthepoetSnodgrass,theloverTupman,thesportsmanWinkle&,aboveall,bythatquintessentiallyEnglishQuixote,MrPickwick,&hiscockneySanchoPanza,SamWeller.FromthehallowedturfofDingleyDellCricketClubtotheunholyfracasoftheEatanswillelection,viatheFleetdebtor'sprison,characters&incidentssprangtolifefromDickens'spen,toformanenduringlypopularworkofebullienthumour&literaryinvention.Itsrousingsuccesslaunchedhislastingfame.Thisnarrativeofcoachtravelprovidesavividportraitofaworldthatwassoontovanishwiththecomingoftherailroads.
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