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jordantanguay 's review for:
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
A joyful and humorous first novel for Dickens with plenty of wit, comedy and a little bit of heart. Dickens is sentimental and hysterical in this book, which consists almost entirely of anecdotal stories, interesting and well told in their own regard proving Dickens to be a master (if not THE master) storyteller. Reading The Pickwick Papers one can imagine a lively and eager readership of any class background in Britain reading each published installment, eagerly awaiting the next story about the Pickwick Club and their various adventures. As it is, The Pickwick Papers is a book of and for its time that casts a revealing light on attitudes, social mores and humors of Britain in the 1820’s and 30’s. The Dickens style of characterization, ironic humor, and ability to bring any scene to vivid life is iconic in literature and on full display here. Not bad at all for a first of many brilliant novels!