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A review by tumblyhome_caroline
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
5.0
What an absolute joy this book is. It has no real plot, what there is, it is safe to say…. is ridiculous and silly. The characters are delightful and simple and very funny. This is early Dickens and Dickens at his most gentle. I am bereft to have finished it and have no idea why I haven’t read it before. It maybe my favourite Dickens, even beating Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.
I agree with other reviewers that there are no realistic women characters, but it is a book about a very gentlemanly gentleman’s club in Dickens days. Dickens was young, I can totally forgive him.
If you need an antidote to miserable news articles, the strains of life or midwinter bleakness… this is the book for you! Trust me. Even if you don’t like Dickens give this one a go. To be honest it was wonderful not to have a serious moral message in the book and just indulge myself with happiness, that said, there is an undercurrent of a code to live by… kindness and lack of judgment.
If you have read it did it bring you joy? Did you shed a tear at the end at saying goodbye to Mr Pickwick
I agree with other reviewers that there are no realistic women characters, but it is a book about a very gentlemanly gentleman’s club in Dickens days. Dickens was young, I can totally forgive him.
If you need an antidote to miserable news articles, the strains of life or midwinter bleakness… this is the book for you! Trust me. Even if you don’t like Dickens give this one a go. To be honest it was wonderful not to have a serious moral message in the book and just indulge myself with happiness, that said, there is an undercurrent of a code to live by… kindness and lack of judgment.
If you have read it did it bring you joy? Did you shed a tear at the end at saying goodbye to Mr Pickwick