MR. TONY WELLER, when Mr. Pickwick praised the intelligence of his son Samuel, expressed his pleasure at the compliment as something which reflected honor on himself. “I took,” he said, “ a great deal ...

Anyone who has read the Anne of Green Gables series (bear with me, men) might remember the chapter midway through Anne of the Island when Gilbert Blythe first proposes to Anne. It’s terribly exciting ...

Dickens Quarterly is the official scholarly publication of the Dickens Society, founded in 1970 at the Modern Language Association Convention. The journal publishes papers on all aspects of Dickens's ...

On an April evening in 1836, two collaborators working on what would become one of the most popular novels of the 19th century met in London. The guest was the project’s illustrator, the comic artist ...

Two hundred years after Dickens wrote The Pickwick Papers a fascinating collection of documents from a real-life Pickwick Club inspired by the book is to be auctioned 'Mr Pickwick speaks at the club'.

How can I persuade you to lose yourself in first-time novelist Stephen Jarvis' magnificent, 816-page Death and Mr. Pickwick? Perhaps by reminding you that The Pickwick Papers - the greatest phenomenon ...

Sheer storytelling gusto drives "The Pickwick Papers," and if Charles Dickens's first novel sometimes resembles a dinner-party guest who never stops talking, that's part of its charm. Now, 180 years ...

Charles Dickens, read by David Timson. Naxos AudioBooks, unabridged, 25 CDs, 32 hrs., $137.98 ISBN 978-1-84379-555-1 With true artistry, narrator David Timson brings to life the misadventures of the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...