A review by balletbookworm
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

4.0

A rather delightful, slice-of-life look at the peregrinations of one middle-aged, benevolent-if-slightly-daft, bachelor Mr Pickwick and his three younger but similarly inclined friends. Dickens provides a window - comical as it is - to how people spent their leisure time in the 1820s, drinking punch and telling stories to complete strangers in the roadside inn dining room. The story really picks up around Chapter 10 with the introduction of Mr. Samuel Weller - the always affable but streetwise and loyal valet to Mr Pickwick (and Mr. Weller Sr and his troubles when his wife “gets” religion). #teamSamuelWeller (I am also convinced that Sam Weller is Tolkien’s inspiration for the loyal Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings.)

I did this partly in print and partly on audio.