The Pickwick Papers(V) 匹克威克外傳(英文版)
Publishedseriallyin1836–1837,ThePickwickPaperswasDickens'firstnovelanditsrousingsuccesslaunchedhislastingfame.Thisnarrativeofcoachtravelprovidesavividportraitofaworldthatwassoontovanishwiththecomingoftherailroads.FromthegrimdepictionofFleetPrisontotheexuberantaccountofthecricketmatchatDingleyDell,thetalesoftheimmortalPickwickCluboffermemorablescenesofnineteenth-centuryEngland.ReaderswerecaptivatedbytheadventuresofthepoetSnodgrass,theloverTupman,thesportsmanWinkleampersand,aboveall,bythatquintessentiallyEnglishQuixote,MrPickwick,&hiscockneySanchoPanza,SamWeller.FromthehallowedturfofDingleyDellCricketClubtotheunholyfracasoftheEatanswillelection,viatheFleetdebtor'sprison,charactersampersandincidentssprangtolifefromDickens'spen,toformanenduringlypopularworkofebullienthumourandliteraryinvention.
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