Pickwick Papers (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Dickens
- First Published: 1836
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1827-1828
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Tricks, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Middle classes, Marriage, England or English people, Lower classes, Wit or humor, Clubs, social
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
*London. Great Britain’s capital city is the headquarters of the Pickwick Club. Dickens’s acute sense of place enhances his descriptions of the great city, particularly the labyrinthine streets and lanes and inns—such as the White Hart Inn, where Sam Weller first appears and identifies the unscrupulous rogue Alfred Jingle. The various characters’ lodgings, such as Mr. Pickwick’s rooms at Mrs. Bardell’s, Mr. Weller, Sr.’s domicile in Dorking, and the rooms of Bob Sawyer, highlight class distinctions.
*Fleet Street Prison. London institution...
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