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The Pickwick Papers

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Original author: Charles Dickens

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"The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens is a novel serialized from March 1836 to November 1837. It follows the kindly gentleman Samuel Pickwick and three companions as they journey through the English countryside, reporting their adventures to their club. Their travels lead to comic misadventures, colorful characters like the clever servant Sam Weller and the charlatan Alfred Jingle, and an infamous legal case that lands Pickwick in debtors' prison. This publishing phenomenon popularized serialized fiction and defined modern entertainment.

The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #580.

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58 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,277 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Pickwickians1,728 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The First Day’s Journey, and the First Evening’s Adventures;9,173 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: A New Acquaintance--The Stroller’s Tale--A Disagreeable4,480 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: A Field Day and Bivouac--More New Friends--An Invitation to4,416 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: A SHORT ONE--SHOWING, AMONG OTHER MATTERS, HOW Mr. PICKWICK3,548 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: An Old-Fashioned Card-Party--The Clergyman’s Verses--The5,762 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: How Mr. Winkle, Instead of Shooting at the Pigeon and5,045 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: Strongly Illustrative of the Position, That the Course of4,329 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: A Discovery and a Chase3,065 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: Clearing Up All Doubts (if Any Existed) of the4,945 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: Involving Another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery;7,135 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: Descriptive of a Very Important Proceeding on the Part of2,072 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties6,711 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: Comprising a Brief Description of the Company at the6,570 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: In Which Is Given a Faithful Portraiture of Two4,830 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: Too Full of Adventure to Be Briefly Described6,809 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: Showing That an Attack of Rheumatism, in Some Cases, Acts3,481 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: Briefly Illustrative of Two Points; First, the Power of3,597 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: A Pleasant Day with an Unpleasant Termination4,986 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: Showing How Dodson and Fogg Were Men of Business, and Their6,067 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: In Which the Old Man Launches Forth Into His Favourite7,132 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Mr. Pickwick Journeys to Ipswich and Meets with a Romantic5,873 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: In Which Mr. Samuel Weller Begins to Devote His Energies3,122 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: Wherein Mr. Peter Magnus Grows Jealous, and the Middle5,500 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Showing, Among a Variety of Pleasant Matters, How Majestic6,691 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: Which Contains a Brief Account of the Progress of the2,312 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: Samuel Weller Makes a Pilgrimage to Dorking, and Beholds3,526 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: A Good-Humoured Christmas Chapter, Containing an Account8,600 words
  1. 30.Chapter XXIX: The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton4,073 words
  2. 31.Chapter XXX: How the Pickwickians Made and Cultivated the Acquaintance4,104 words
  3. 32.Chapter XXXI: Which Is All About the Law, and Sundry Great Authorities5,770 words
  4. 33.Chapter XXXII: Describes, Far More Fully Than the Court Newsman Ever5,252 words
  5. 34.Chapter XXXIII: Mr. Weller the Elder Delivers Some Critical Sentiments6,033 words
  6. 35.Chapter XXXIV: Is Wholly Devoted to a Full and Faithful Report of the9,097 words
  7. 36.Chapter XXXV: In Which Mr. Pickwick Thinks He Had Better Go to Bath; and5,702 words
  8. 37.Chapter XXXVI: The Chief Features of Which Will Be Found to Be an4,477 words
  9. 38.Chapter XXXVII: Honourably Accounts for Mr. Weller’s Absence, by4,810 words
  10. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: How Mr. Winkle, When He Stepped Out of the Frying-Pan,5,156 words
  11. 40.Chapter XXXIX: Mr. Samuel Weller, Being Intrusted with a Mission of5,718 words
  12. 41.Chapter XL: Introduces Mr. Pickwick to a New and Not Uninteresting Scene4,835 words
  13. 42.Chapter XLI: What Befell Mr. Pickwick When He Got Into the Fleet; What5,010 words
  14. 43.Chapter XLII: Illustrative, Like the Preceding One, of the Old Proverb,5,318 words
  15. 44.Chapter XLIII: Showing How Mr. Samuel Weller Got Into Difficulties4,744 words
  16. 45.Chapter XLIV: Treats of Divers Little Matters Which Occurred in the5,095 words
  17. 46.Chapter XLV: Descriptive of an Affecting Interview Between Mr. Samuel6,145 words
  18. 47.Chapter XLVI: Records a Touching Act of Delicate Feeling, Not Unmixed3,593 words
  19. 48.Chapter XLVII: Is Chiefly Devoted to Matters of Business, and the4,479 words
  20. 49.Chapter XLVIII: Relates How Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel4,784 words
  21. 50.Chapter XLIX: Containing the Story of the Bagman’s Uncle7,151 words
  22. 51.Chapter L: How Mr. Pickwick Sped Upon His Mission, and How He Was5,542 words
  23. 52.Chapter LI: In Which Mr. Pickwick Encounters an Old Acquaintance--To5,284 words
  24. 53.Chapter LII: Involving a Serious Change in the Weller Family, and the4,375 words
  25. 54.Chapter LIII: Comprising the Final Exit of Mr. Jingle and Job Trotter,4,518 words
  26. 55.Chapter LIV: Containing Some Particulars Relative to the Double Knock,5,485 words
  27. 56.Chapter LV: Mr. Solomon Pell, Assisted by a Select Committee of4,561 words
  28. 57.Chapter LVI: An Important Conference Takes Place Between Mr. Pickwick4,289 words
  29. 58.Chapter LVII: In Which the Pickwick Club Is Finally Dissolved, and2,730 words